Phaistos, also Phaestos and Phaestus, was an ancient city on the island of Crete.
Map of Minoan Crete
Phaistos was located in the south-central portion of the island, about 3 1/2 miles from the sea. It was inhabited from about 4000 BC. A palace, dating from the Middle Bronze Age, was destroyed by an earthquake during the Late Bronze Age. Knossos and other Minoan sites were also destroyed at that time. The palace was later rebuilt toward the end of the Late Bronze Age.
The area upon which Phaistos stood was the site where, in 1908, a curious clay disk, dating to about 1700 BC, and containing a sophisticated pictographic writing, was discovered. This Phaistos Disc has yet to be deciphered.
Phaestus is especially beloved of craftsmen, artisans and honest labourers, who, perhaps, feel an affinity with His work.
His selfless act in rescuing Phaestus, the Smith from His own imprisonment inside His hammer earned Agatheis both freedom and a place in the Garden once more.
Once an Elder God who fought in the Chaos Wars in the beginning of time with His dreadlords, Shaitan spent nearly two centuries joined with the god Apollyon in the form of Sartan, God of Evil, in a metaphysical union that only another Divine could truly comprehend.
Phaestus (Grieks: Φαιστός / Phaistos, in het Modern Grieks als Festos uitgesproken en daarom soms ook zo getranslittereerd), is de naam van een belangrijke opgraving op het eiland Kreta, vooral bekend vanwege een paleis uit de Minoïsche tijd.
De opgraving van Phaestus is minder bekend (en veel rustiger) dan Cnossus, en ligt in het zuiden van Kreta, op 6 km van de kust.
Phaestus is ook kleiner dan Cnossus en niet gerestaureerd of herbouwd.
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