`Someone will succeed in deciphering Minoan.'

Looks at information on the story told by Cyrus Gordon on his first visit to the Near East in June 1931. Events that occurred when Gordon and others sailed along the coast of Crete; Details of Minoan inscriptions that was seen by Gordon; Events that occurred in the Mediterranean; Production of three editions of standard works on Ugaritic language by Gordon; Gordon's perceptions on Ugarit; Gordon's work on Ugaritic, Greek and Hebrew civilizations.