Book 10
4.8
Minos, it is said, used as an arsenal Amnisus, where is a temple of Eileithyia. Cnossus formerly had the name of Caeratus, which is the name of the river which runs beside it. Minos is regarded as an excellent legislator, and the first who possessed the sovereignty of the sea. He divided the island into three portions, in each of which he built a city; Cnossus * * * * * *,Groskurd proposes to supply the hiatus in the text thus: Cnossus [towards the north, inclining to the Aegean sea, Phaestus turned towards the south and the African sea, Cydonia in the western part of the island] opposite. opposite to Peloponnesus, which lies toward the north.
