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The Prehistoric Tombs of Knossos.
The panorama from the plateau of the tomb is certainly the most extensive
of any in the neighbourhood of the ancient Knossos, though the Palace itself in
its somewhat low-lying basin is slmt off by a nearer hill. The eye ranges from
the snow-clad ridge of Ida to that of Dicta, with the pyramid of the Cretan
Stromboli rising to the west and that of Mount Juktas, the site of the traditional
tomb of Zeus, immediately to the south. The view takes in alike the Venetian
walls of Candia and the site of the Minoan port, while to the north it extends far
across the ^Egean waters from the near lying island of Dia, the stranding-place
of Ariadne, to where on clear days Melos and the volcanic cliffs of Santorin are
faintly discernible.
The Prehistoric Tombs of Knossos.
The panorama from the plateau of the tomb is certainly the most extensive
of any in the neighbourhood of the ancient Knossos, though the Palace itself in
its somewhat low-lying basin is slmt off by a nearer hill. The eye ranges from
the snow-clad ridge of Ida to that of Dicta, with the pyramid of the Cretan
Stromboli rising to the west and that of Mount Juktas, the site of the traditional
tomb of Zeus, immediately to the south. The view takes in alike the Venetian
walls of Candia and the site of the Minoan port, while to the north it extends far
across the ^Egean waters from the near lying island of Dia, the stranding-place
of Ariadne, to where on clear days Melos and the volcanic cliffs of Santorin are
faintly discernible.