Gnossus

From Gnossus, whence the Greeks drew all their laws and science, came probably the Greek word gnosis, meaning knowledge.

This would be a most extraordinary oversight, as the scene is laid in Crete, in the town of Gnossus.

I come to thee a more constant lover; damsel of Gnossus, lay aside thy fear, the wife of Bacchus shalt thou be.

The heifers of Gnossus and of Cydon 751 sighed to mate with him.