Cnossus

When the grateful Athenians would have given him a large sum of money he refused and asked only that there should be friendship between Athens and his own home, Cnossus in Crete.

If Greek was the language spoken at Cnossus and Mycenae, how is it that all attempts to decipher the script have hitherto failed?

Gortyna was, next to Cnossus, the largest and most powerful city of Crete.

It has also participated in the exploration of Cnossus and other important sites in Crete.

As to its chronological relation to the Cretan sites—Cnossus, Phaestus, &c., and the “Minoan” civilization as determined by Dr A. Evans, see the discussion under Crete.