He named it after the legendary King of Crete who appears in Greek mythology by the name of Minos.

他以传说中克里特之王的名字为之命名,在希腊神话里,他的名字叫米诺斯

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A myth, in this sense, according to the Greeks,is just a tale.

对希腊人来说就是一个传说

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I say this now with great confidence but ten years ago this story, which all the Greeks agreed too, agreed upon in every respect, that the temple of Apollo was built right on top of this, and underneath the floor of the temple was this little room where the gases came up, where the priestess sat, where all of this came up.

我现在敢在这里夸夸其谈,但是十年前,当时的希腊人,对这个传说都是深信不移的,阿波罗神庙正好建在它上面,神庙地板底下正是气体出现的小屋,女祭司也坐在这里,一切都发生于此

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