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[edit] Etymology of Cnossos
It is possible that the name "Cnossos" (or presiously, Cnôssos) (modern Heracleion) contains the same root ( "*cdn-" ) that is enclosed in name "Cydonia" (or preciously, Cydônia) (modern Chania), the city of people Cydones, in Classical Greek Era.
A probable evolutionary process may be:
- *Cydon-is < *Cydon-issos < *C(y)dno-issos < *C(d)nôssos.
The historical conclusion, from this etymology, is that Cydones (or else, Keftiu) first inhabited Cnossos, in central Crete, and when this city was captured by another people (Minoans?, Achaeans?) (who distorted its name), they migrated to western Crete, where they founded Cydonia.
Note: Plus, the same root "*cdn-" is enclosed in name of Cycladic island "Cythnos".
--IonnKorr 19:52, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
Perhaps not. NO ORIGINAL RESEARCH. Your guessing has no place. Try looking up the opinions of professional historical linguists. --Victim of signature fascism 19:04, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
Ok, friend "Victim of signature fascism". Thanks for your answer.
--IonnKorr 20:37, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
Victim is correct, if not so tactful. In a Hellenic (or, for that matter, Indo-European) language, you cannot say that a word has a "root" of *cdn, as words don't have triconsonantal roots like Semitic languages. You actually have to pay attention to the vowels. And also, you do have to get a source for "probably evolutionary processes"; you can't guess in anything in language change, especially if you're inexperienced with a language family and its morpho-phonological history -- user:Cevlakohn
I have to agree with Cevlakohn here. If you even follow Stihler's theory, you would be using biconsonantal roots if any, but we wouldn't see this sort of relation. In the Ancient Greek language, d !~ th, likewise 0 !~ y in any pairs. We'd see e ~ 0 ~ o. What Ionn Korr's doing is about as accurate as using pocket dictionaries in find relations between Quechua and Chinese. --Anonymous
[edit] Image problem
Hello, I am working on the project Wikipedia:Untagged Images and some of these images on this page have copyright problems, I notified the uploader, but it seems like that person may not be active on wikipedia. These higher quality images that usually get deleted, so I just wanted to notify someone on the article area. See the uploaders talk page User talk:Jetti for more information. - cohesion★talk 09:23, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Added
Information about the Palace and more about the architecture. Had to totally scrap some stuff about the palace that wasn't quite correct. Also added the correct original meaning of labyrinth. Verloren Hoop 13:52, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Throne Room
I'm changing throne room a little (not too much) because it presents a one-sided view of the room. Maybe it was primarily religious, maybe not. Nothing is settled.Dave 19:22, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ku-nu-su
I think we need a reference for this one. Who says ku-nu-su refers to Knossos? Cyrus Gordon tags it as meaning "wheat" but that is more or less conjectural. Is there any text where ku-nu-su is used unequivocally in such a way that it must mean Knossos? Is there any theory by a published figure who suggests that? I have temporarily commented out the supposed Linear A text for Knossos. If you have the reference I think a footnote would be appropriate. Thanks.Dave 15:55, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Opening Paragraph (tone)
I have removed the Disneyland reference as it doesn't seem quite right stylewise - however visited Knossos is, it bears little resemblance to Disneyland in terms of what it represents. I think a bit more needs to be said about the reconstruction beyond the "imaginative" bit, but not quite sure what! JohnGray 20:32, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Having vistied it I'm not entirely sure it does differ from Disneyland that much! Maybe include something about the reconstruction being largely speculative and little basis in fact? --Philthemancunian 10:53, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
