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{{Quote|The legendary Knossos - once palace to King Minos.|the ''misthios'' Kassandra, c. 431 BCE}} | {{Quote|The legendary Knossos - once palace to King Minos.|the ''misthios'' Kassandra, c. 431 BCE}} | ||
[[File:Knossos_Palace.jpg|thumb|250px|Knossos Palace]] | [[File:Knossos_Palace.jpg|thumb|250px|Knossos Palace]] | ||
'''Knossos Palace''' was a palace | '''Knossos Palace''' was a palace complex and capital of [[Greece|Greek]] [[Polis|city-state]] of Knossos, on the island of [[Crete]]. Believed to have been built in the 17th century BCE, the palace was also built atop an [[Isu]] [[Labyrinth of Lost Souls|vault]] housing the [[Minotaur]], a hybrid beast created as part of the [[Olympos Project]]. | ||
Sometime during the [[Peloponnesian War]], the palace was visited by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'', [[Kassandra]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | By the 5th century BCE Knossos, and the Knossos Palace resided within the territory of [[Messara]]. Sometime during the [[Peloponnesian War]], the palace was visited by the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'', [[Kassandra]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The palace measured about 13,000 square meters and was made up of several rooms around a central courtyard. | *The palace measured about 13,000 square meters and was made up of several rooms around a central courtyard. | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[Minos|King Minos]] | |||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
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- "The legendary Knossos - once palace to King Minos."
- ―the misthios Kassandra, c. 431 BCE
Knossos Palace was a palace complex and capital of Greek city-state of Knossos, on the island of Crete. Believed to have been built in the 17th century BCE, the palace was also built atop an Isu vault housing the Minotaur, a hybrid beast created as part of the Olympos Project.
By the 5th century BCE Knossos, and the Knossos Palace resided within the territory of Messara. Sometime during the Peloponnesian War, the palace was visited by the Spartan misthios, Kassandra.[1]
Trivia
- The palace measured about 13,000 square meters and was made up of several rooms around a central courtyard.