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296 THE MYTHICAL LABYRINTH AT CNOSSOS. [CHAP.
of the plain, we arrived at three o'clock at the house
of Captain Elias, who usually acts as cicerone to the
strangers who visit the remains of Gortyna, and a cavern
which the modern Greeks dignify by the name of " the
labyrinth" in its neighbourhood. It is as clear as the
sun at noon day, that the grotto in question is no more
connected with the mythical labyrinth of Crete, which,
as we have seen36, was placed at Cnossos and not here,
than any other cave in the island.
his curiosity on the subject, by consulting Cornelius, Cret. Sacr. Tom. i.
pp. 156-166. and elsewhere. They have obtained a place not only in the
Greek but also in the Roman Catholic Calendar, on the 23d of December.
38 Above, Chapter xxi.
of the plain, we arrived at three o'clock at the house
of Captain Elias, who usually acts as cicerone to the
strangers who visit the remains of Gortyna, and a cavern
which the modern Greeks dignify by the name of " the
labyrinth" in its neighbourhood. It is as clear as the
sun at noon day, that the grotto in question is no more
connected with the mythical labyrinth of Crete, which,
as we have seen36, was placed at Cnossos and not here,
than any other cave in the island.
his curiosity on the subject, by consulting Cornelius, Cret. Sacr. Tom. i.
pp. 156-166. and elsewhere. They have obtained a place not only in the
Greek but also in the Roman Catholic Calendar, on the 23d of December.
38 Above, Chapter xxi.