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Definition of Minoan
1. Noun. A Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 BC.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete. "The Minoan palace at Knossos"
Definition of Minoan
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age (about 3000-1050 (B.C.E.)). ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the writing systems (Linear A and Linear B) used in Crete and later in mainland Greece. ¹
3. Adjective. Of or relating to the ancient language of the Minoans which died out by the beginning of the 1st millenium (B.C.E.). ¹
4. Noun. A Cretan who belonged to the Minoan civilization. ¹
5. Proper noun. the language written in Linear A ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minoan
Literary usage of Minoan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hellenic Civilization by George Willis Botsford (1915)
"CHAPTER II THE minoan AND HOMERIC CIVILIZATIONS Approximately 3000-750 BC THE
minoan period begins with the Bronze age, in which it is probable that copper ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Were the creators of the minoan and Mycenaean civilization Greeks or were they not ?
In some degree the minoan evidence has modified the answer suggested by ..."
3. Hellenic Conceptions of Peace by Wallace Everett Caldwell (1919)
"Among these people minoan culture began to develop afresh. The gradual nature of
the infiltration and the blending of the peoples facilitated the process. ..."
4. Explorations in the Island of Mochlos by Richard B. Seager (1912)
"Even now the dates of the Early minoan period are rather uncertain, and as regards
the long neolithic culture which preceded it we are as much at sea as ..."
5. Hellenic History by George Willis Botsford (1922)
"CHAPTER II THE minoan AGE Neolithic age to 3000 BC Our earliest glimpse of the
Aegean area reveals a people in possession of the neolithic culture; ..."
6. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"Cyclopean Walls.— The Gate of the Lions at Mycenae.—minoan and ... Animation the
Distinguishing Characteristic of minoan ArL THE islands and the coast of ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"minoan culture under its mainland aspect left its traces on the Acropolis ...
The minoan remains at Orchomenus which are traceable to the latest period go ..."
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