CNOSSUS, or CNOSUS, anciently called Carator, from a cognominal river running by it; a city of Crete, 23 miles to the east of Gortina (Peuting). Here stood the sepulchre of Jupiter, the famous labyrinth, and the palace of Minos, a very ancient king; here happened the adventure of Ariadne his daughter with Theseus. Called Gnostis (Ovid). Its port-town was Heracleum, on the east side of the island.