At the Palaces of Knossos

Plot

A children's novel on Theseus' struggle with the Minotaur, concluding with the end of the Minoan Empire.

Writing history

Probably written on Aegina in 1940, to earn much-needed income; Fanis I. Kakridis dates it to between 1914 and 1922.

Greek editions

• N. Kazantzakis, Sta palatia tis Knosou, edited by Patroklos Stavrou. With woodcuts and drawings by A. Tassos. Athens: Eleni Kazantzakis 1981 (and subsequent editions)

Foreign editions & translations

• Nikos Kazantzakis, Dans le palais de Minos, translated into French by Jacqueline Moatti-Fine, Paris: Plon 1984
• Nikos Kazantzakis, No palacio do Rei Minos, translated into Portuguese by Maria Cecilia Oliveira Marques, Sao Paolo: Marco Zero 1984, 1986. Sao Paolo: Circulo do Livro [1988]
• Nikos Kazantzakis, En el palacio de Cnosos, translated into Spanish by Teresa Sempere Carreras, Barcelona: Planeta 1987
• Nikos Kazantzakis, At the Palaces of Knossos, translated into English by Themi Vasils and Theodora Vasils, Athens (Ohio): Ohio University Press 1988