Ancient Knossians

Aenesidemus ( or Αἰνεσίδημος) was a 1st-century BC Greek Pyrrhonist philosopher from Knossos who revived the doctrines of Pyrrho and introduced ten skeptical "modes" (tropai) for the suspension of judgment. He broke with the Academic Skepticism that was predominant in his time, synthesizing the teachings of Heraclitus and Timon of Phlius with philosophical skepticism. Although his primary work, the Pyrrhonian Discourses, has been lost, an outline of the work survives from the later Byzantine Empire, and the description of the modes has been preserved by a few ancient sources.

thumb|200px|Epimenides of Knossos Epimenides of Knossos (or Epimenides of Crete) (; ) was a semi-mythical 7th- or 6th-century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet, from Knossos or Phaistos.

thumb|150px|Model of the Temple of Artemis at [[Ephesus]] Chersiphron (; ; fl. 6th century BC) was a Greek architect from Knossos in ancient Crete who designed the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The original temple was destroyed in the 7th century BC, and about 550 BC Chersiphron and his son Metagenes began a new temple, the Artemision, which became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in each of its three manifestations. It was burned by Herostratus in July 356 BC and rebuilt again.

thumb | right | alt=Side view of a reconstructed model of the Metagenes method for moving heavy stones. Ancient Beit Shean, Scythopolis | Side view of a reconstructed model of the Metagenes method for moving heavy stones. Ancient Beit Shean, Scythopolis Metagenes () was a man in ancient Crete, son of the Greek Cretan architect Chersiphron, and was also an architect himself.

5th-century BC Olympic running victor

Saint Pinytus (), a Greek by birth, was Bishop of Knossos in Crete in the late 2nd century.