Zatrikion: The Ancient Greek Board Game of Strategy and Leisure

Zatrikion: The Ancient Greek Board Game of Strategy and Leisure

The ancient Greek board game discovered in Knossos on the island of Crete dates back to 1600-1500 BC is called zatrikion. Credit: Olaf Tausch Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 The unique ancient Greek board game Zatrikion that was discovered at the Knossos Palace on Crete shows that the ancients had a penchant for leisurely games. The name Knossos Game Board dubbed by archaeologists was used for a game ancient Greeks called zatrikion (ζατρίκιον). It w…