 Epimenides

Epimenides of Cnossos (; ) was a semi-mythical 7th or 6th century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet.While tending his father's sheep, Epimenides is said to have fallen asleep for fifty-seven years in a Cretan cave sacred to Zeus, after which he reportedly awoke with the gift of prophecy (Diogenes Laërtius i.