Epimenides of Knossos (Crete) (Greek: ") was a semi-mythical 6th century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet, who is said to have fallen asleep for fifty-seven years in a Cretian cave sacred to Zeus, after which he reportedly awoke with the gift of prophecy. Plutarch writes in his "Life of Solon" that Epimenides purified Athens after the pollution brought by the Alcmeonidae, … Wikipedia
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