Example sentences for: phaistós

How can you use “phaistós” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Just 3 km (2 miles) from Phaistós is Agía Triáda, built, archaeologists believe, as a summer palace for the royal court and linked to the city by Minoan road.

  • Another good spot for lunch is Vóri just north of Phaistós.

  • Artifacts originated in the palaces of Knossós, Mália, and Phaistós and include the superb rhyton (libation vessel used in ritual purification) carved from black steatite in the shape of a bull’s head.

  • As Górtis rose in prominence towards the end of the first millennium b.c., the fortunes of Phaistós declined, though it had been the seat of power for most of southern Crete in Minoan times.

  • Travel on through the village of Mires to reach Phaistós (Festós), site of an impressive Minoan palace.


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