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Definition of Cnossus
1. Noun. An ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC.
Definition of Cnossus
1. Proper noun. (alternative form of Knossos) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cnossus
Literary usage of Cnossus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Lion-Guarded Goddess and Shrine, on a Clay Scaling from Cnossus. 5.5.Л. vii.
29, Fig. ... Faience Figure of the Goddess, with Serpent Attributes, Cnossus. ..."
2. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1870)
"PASHLEY, formerly a member of the Royal Society of Literature, has figured in
his well illustrated ' Travels in Crete,' eight silver coins of Cnossus; ..."
3. The Architecture of Greece & Rome: A Sketch of Its Historic Development by William James Anderson, Richard Phené Spiers (1907)
"ROSACES ON ARCHITRAVE OF ENTRANCE TO ALTAR COURT, Cnossus, CRETE. had to carry
the superstructure and the cross beams of the upper floor, it was 3 feet 5 ..."
4. The Conversion of Europe by Charles Henry Robinson (1917)
"170) " to the Church of Gortyna and to the other Churches of Crete," and another
letter to the Church of Cnossus, the bishop of which, ..."
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