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“The Cretans had as leader , famed for his spear, even they that held Cnosus and Gortys, famed for its walls, Lyctus and Miletus and Lycastus, white with chalk, and Phaestus and Rhytium, well-peopled cities; and all they beside that dwelt in Crete of the hundred cities.”
— Homer, Iliad, II, 645–650 (tr. A. T. Murray)
“'Tis love of thee hath brought me to make so far a sea-course in a bull's likeness; and ere 'tis long thou shalt be in Crete, that was my nurse when I was with her; and there shall thy wedding be, whereof shall spring famous children who shall all be kings among them that are in the earth.”
— Moschus, Europa, 157–166 (tr. J. M. Edmonds)
“O hound of Crete, think'st thou my spouse to get?”
— Pistol in Shakespeare, Henry V, II, i

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In Greek mythology, the name Crete (Ancient Greek: Κρήτη) may refer to several figures, all of whom are associated with the homonymous island of Crete, and may have been considered its eponyms: Crete, daughter of Hesperus and one of the Hesperides and another possible eponym of Crete. Crete, daughter of one of the Cretan Curetes, who married Ammon. She was actually said to have given her name to the island Crete, which was believed to have previously been called Idaea. Crete, possible mother of Pasiphaë by Helios. Crete, daughter of Asterius, who married Minos, in one version. In this regard, she was considered the mother of Acacallis, Ariadne, Androgeus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Glaucus, Catreus and Xenodice. Crete, daughter of Deucalion (son of Minos), sister of Idomeneus and half-sister of Molus. See also Cres (mythology) Notes

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Crete across IJR

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Crete across IJR

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