Phaistos

[ fahy-stuhs ]

noun

1. an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery objects unearthed here.

Example Sentences

V 43 ff., where the Cretan leader Idomeneus is represented as slaying a man named Phaistos (Φαῖστος).

From Project Gutenberg

Now there was in Crete a well-known city called Phaistos (Φαιστός).

From Project Gutenberg