place
Cnossos
also: Gnosian
The chief city of Crete, seat of Minos; 'the soil of Cnossos' is Phaedra's Cretan home.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §1.10 the Cnossian
Cnossos, Minos' Cretan capital; 'Cnossian' and 'Cydonian' heifers stand for Cretan cattle.
- The Heroides §4 the soil of Cnossos
Cnossos, the chief city of Crete and Phaedra's home, which she wishes had kept her from Athens.
- Metamorphoses §3.46 Ichnobates of Cnossos
Cnossos in Crete, a byword for fine hunting hounds.
- Metamorphoses §8.191 Cnossian
Cnossus, Minos's capital in Crete; "Cnossian" stands for Cretan.