For over ten days, faint screams could be heard every morning emanating from a residential house in Knossos City,
and the residents who heard rumors of it gradually became anxious, worrying whether some evil spirit had infiltrated the city.
Even a few households near the source pooled money together to invite a priestess from the temple to perform an exorcism.
Fortunately, the effect seemed to be significant, as the daytime screams disappeared, leaving only vague tremors at night.
Eventually, as the festival of Dionysus approached, even these odd occurrences gradually vanished.
In their place, a celebratory and lively atmosphere took hold.
At the temple's behest, wines from all the city-states of Crete were transported to Knossos City to compete for quality, vying to be selected as the divine offering for the next year.