Knossos

Ugarit, one of the great trading cities of the ancient world, was so thoroughly demolished that it was never rebuilt.

The palace at Knossos in Crete, centre of Minoan civilisation, abandoned.

Troy destroyed.

Megiddo destroyed.

The Minotaur is of all mythological figures most familiar, though so long misunderstood.

The palace of Knossos is full of the holy bull.

His horns of consecration are everywhere.

The whole palace is his labyrinth.

There were certain bulls allowed to range free in the sanctuary of Poseidon.

The kings hunted these bulls without weapons, using staves and nooses.

Again be it remembered, the bull hunts and bull fights of the Minoans appear on many a fresco and gem at Knossos.

when a bull was caught it was led up to the column and its blood was shed over the inscription the blood of the victim mixed with wine was then drunk and curses invoked on those who disobeyed the laws the remarkable analogy here is not the mere sacrifice of the bull but the conjunction of bull and pillar in atlantis and the conjunction of bull and pillar in crete On the frescoed shrines of Knossos, the holy pillar rises straight out of the horns of consecration.

But privately he set himself to building a fleet, part of it at home in the township of Thymo today, far from the public road, and part of it under the direction of Pittheus in Troezen, wishing his purpose to remain concealed.

When his ships were ready, he set sail, taking Daedalus and exiles from Crete as his guides, and since none of the Cretans knew of his design, but thought the approaching ships to be friendly, Theseus made himself master of the harbor, disembarked his men, and got to Knossos before his enemies were aware of his approach.

Then joining battle with them at the gate of the labyrinth, he slew Deucalion and his bodyguard.

And since Ariadne was now at the head of affairs, he made a truce with her, received back the youthful hostages, and established friendship between the Athenians and the Cretans, who took oath never to begin hostilities.

As part of that promise, Greece has launched an initiative to protect 19 ancient monuments at high risk from climate change.

They include the Knossos in Crete, which is getting a fire suppression network and lightning protection system because ever more powerful heat waves help to generate more wildfires.

Christos Zerefos heads the Academy of Athens Climatology Research Center.

People in the past, they would say, "Okay, it's only a heat wave.

But privately he set himself to building a fleet, part of it at home in the township of Thymo today, far from the public road, and part of it under the direction of Pythias in Troizen, wishing his purpose to remain concealed.

When his ships were ready, he set sail, taking Daedalus and exiles from Crete as his guides, and since none of the Cretans knew of his design, but thought the approaching ships to be friendly, Theseus made himself master of the harbor, disembarked his men, and got to Knossos before his enemies were aware of his approach.

Then joining battle with them at the gate of the labyrinth, he slew Deucalion and his bodyguard.

And since Ariadne was now at the head of affairs, he made a truce with her, received back the youthful hostages, and established friendship between the Athenians and the Cretans, who took oath never to begin hostilities.

Then Phoebus Apollo pondered in his heart what men he should bring in to be his ministers in sacrifice, and to serve him in rocky Pytho.

And while he considered this, he became aware of a swift ship upon the wine-like sea, in which were many men and goodly, Cretans from Knossos, the city of Minos, they who do sacrifice to the prince and announce his decrees.

Whatsoever Phoebus Apollo, bearer of the golden blade, speaks in answer from his laurel tree below the dells of Parnassus.

These men were sailing in their black ship for traffic and for profit to sandy Pylos, and to the men of Pylos.