Knossos
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Connection Between Labyrinth and Mythology
It wasn't a credible theory when Evans first proposed it. There are problems with it because the etymology doesn't seem to quite work. Labyrinth seems to be a Greek word which is actually attested on the linear B tablets from Knossars. labress is a much later word from a different part of the Eastern and the Australian so the idea that it's somehow connected I think people always found a little bit speculative. That's not to say it's not true it's just I think this theory has always been doubted.
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