| 单词 | Cretan |
| 例句 | Spirits began to appear around Minos—shimmering forms that slowly multiplied, solidifying into Cretan soldiers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Some come exploring on purpose and never make it back, A long time ago, the Cretans even sent people in here as human sacrifices.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In his not terribly clean uniform, wearing knee-high Cretan boots, Captain Kontoulis scrutinized running lights, stacked deck chairs, lifeboats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Thus, it remains unknown whether it represents an indigenous Cretan script or a foreign import to Crete. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I once rewatched it, but that balmy Cretan majesty had gone. 'I barely breathed': Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, Steve McQueen and more on their most memorable moments at the movies 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z The fact that Nolan named his most prominent female character for the Greek woman who guided Theseus out of the Cretan labyrinth is a good sign Nolan was not concerned overmuch with subtlety. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z With an unadorned décor of Cretan stone and bleached wood, the shop lets the work on the walls do the talking; pieces are hung without frames. Surfacing: Woodstock, South Africa, Sees a Revival 2010-05-21T14:23:00Z Anne saw an article in a gardening magazine about Cretan labyrinths and wrote to the author requesting instructions. Flower bed, patio table ... labyrinth? Winding paths are a new backyard trend. 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Because of the site’s location, impressive size and complexity, he dubbed these remains the Palace of Minos, after the mythological Cretan king who made human sacrifices to the Minotaur in the labyrinth. ‘The Riddle of the Labyrinth’: decoding an ancient language 2013-07-11T18:38:04Z Then stroll back to one of many historic sites or the archaeological and Cretan cultural museums. Goodbye Summer: Off-Peak Crete 2011-02-03T14:15:00Z A few years ago Penguin released a great series of true-life second world war stories such as George Psychoundakis's The Cretan Runner. Choose July's Reading group book 2013-06-26T13:35:35Z In Cretan tradition, a labyrinth imprisoned the mythical Minotaur. Flower bed, patio table ... labyrinth? Winding paths are a new backyard trend. 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z In reviving city squares, there are new restaurants and cafes serving native delicacies like Cretan sausage and sheep’s milk yogurt with preserved quince. 36 Hours in Athens 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z It remains a good resource for Cretan history. In Crete, Henry Miller Found His Muse Amid the Ruins 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Still, with Charles Workman in the title role of the Cretan king, Mozart’s great sacrificial drama manages to work its effect. 2010-02-10T05:31:00Z In a vast canyon housing the Milos, poor people oppressed by the Cretans, who live above. | 'Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos': ?Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos? ? Review 2012-01-20T01:19:37Z Turkey had invaded northern Cyprus and the Cretans were mobilising. Family life 2011-07-15T23:05:30Z The Cretan lute player Giorgos Xylouris and the Australian drummer Jim White are the twin engines of this duo, whose music ranges through traditional Greek folk, free jazz and any number of other improvised modes. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The ancient city of Knossos is on the outskirts of Iraklion, the Cretan capital. In Crete, Henry Miller Found His Muse Amid the Ruins 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z I never exchanged more than the simplest phrases with any of the Cretans I partied with that night, but it is one of my favorite travel memories. Using Dance to Connect With Locals 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z On my visit, I decided to follow Miller’s Cretan itinerary, which comprises about a third of the book and includes Crete’s capital, Iraklion, and the ancient settlements of Knossos and Phaistos. In Crete, Henry Miller Found His Muse Amid the Ruins 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z San Francisco Mayor London Breed was in Maui for a personal trip when the wildfires started, Jeff Cretan, a spokesperson for her office, told The Times on Thursday. Maui wildfire death toll rises to 36, with more than 270 structures damaged 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Jeff Cretan, her spokesman, said the mayor is focused on her Dream Keeper Initiative, a grant program established in 2020 that he said “is putting money in the African American community right now.” Can Reparations Bring Black Residents Back to San Francisco? 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Breed’s communications director, Jeff Cretan, told me the narrative that Breed has done an about-face is “absolutely false,” and any suggestion that she is more concerned about her political future than lives is “ridiculous.” San Francisco closed its safe drug consumption site, pushing California toward more death 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Her spokesman, Jeff Cretan, said in an email on Tuesday that Mayor Breed and her office understood that there would be “ongoing debate” about the robots and lethal force. San Francisco Backtracks on Plan to Allow Police Robots to Use Deadly Force 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Like Fang, he brought surplus humanity to his ancient Cretan king. Review | 3 operas in 3 days? With Met’s powerful fall trio, it was energizing. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z This took even some Cretans, who seemed oblivious to the snowy summits in plain sight, by surprise. The ‘Best Spring Skiing Anywhere’? Try Crete 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Given the psychosexual complexity he cultivated, it’s little surprise that Picasso identified with the Minotaur — part bull, part man — who did battle in Greek mythology with Theseus in King Minos’s Cretan labyrinth. Review | The last volume in ‘A Life of Picasso’ is just as astounding as its predecessors 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z “The is not an issue of the city getting sued and this not an issue of maybe having some government bureaucracy fight,” Cretan continued. San Francisco closed its safe drug consumption site, pushing California toward more death 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z As part of her emergency response plan, Breed is working to open a temporary site in the Tenderloin to connect people to services, said Jeff Cretan. San Francisco DA, others denounce mayor’s plan for police 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z The Larnax, a Cretan chest for human remains, has also been surrendered. Michael Steinhardt: US billionaire hands over antiquities worth $70m 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The mayor’s spokesman, Jeff Cretan, said she had requested the hiring of 200 officers over the next two years, roughly enough to replace officers who are retiring. Fear, and Discord, Among Asian Americans Over Attacks in San Francisco 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z "At the beginning it was not clear whether he would be able to move his arms, his hands, and play music again," said Vamvakousis of his friend, who played the Cretan lyra. Technology helps disabled student play the harp with her eyes 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The defendant, a Greek man from Crete, appeared in court Tuesday in the Cretan town of Rethymno, wearing a bulletproof police vest. Greek man goes on trial for slaying of US scientist on Crete 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “They’re pretty positive about it and hopeful this will definitely improve their ability to get bad actors off the platform,” said Jeffrey Cretan, a spokesman for the city’s mayor. The Future of Airbnb 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “It’s important to note that this is not a finished product,” said Cretan, the mayor’s spokesman, when asked about the criticism of the shelter design. Wasted time: how San Francisco failed its homeless population amid coronavirus 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z City officials recently met with leaders of the janitors’ union to review guidelines that the public health authorities developed for protecting cleaners, said Jeff Cretan, a spokesman for Mayor London Breed of San Francisco. They Clean the Buildings Workers Are Fleeing. But Who’s Protecting Them? 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z “That’s an important, thoughtful process we have to go through because these are people’s civil rights we’re talking about,” Cretan said. California governor seeks to expand involuntary treatment 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z “But she is always happy to work with the board on issues around equity and criminal justice reform,” spokesman Jeff Cretan said. No more 'convicts' or 'felons' if San Francisco passes criminal justice language proposal 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z City spokesman Jeff Cretan explained the change by saying San Francisco is "looking at the HUD numbers because it helps us work in collaboration with other places like Los Angeles or our neighboring counties." San Francisco homeless stats soar: city blames big business, residents blame officials 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z “We are moving forward with getting our vulnerable residents into hotel rooms, and prioritizing public health in all of our decision-making for those living in congregate settings,” Jeff Cretan, the mayor’s spokesman, told the Guardian. Wasted time: how San Francisco failed its homeless population amid coronavirus 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z A team, including dozens of conference delegates, worked around the clock scouring the rugged Cretan countryside after it became clear the scientist had gone missing. Crete 'struggling with shame' after rape and murder of US scientist 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z San Francisco is “very close” to having the five-year test program running after creating new processes and safeguards in coordination with providers and the courts, said Jeff Cretan, a spokesman for Mayor London Breed. California governor seeks to expand involuntary treatment 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z “We’re looking at the HUD numbers because it helps us work in collaboration with other places like Los Angeles or our neighboring counties,” Cretan said. San Francisco homeless count goes from bad to worse, jumping 30% from 2017 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z “She’s been clear that we have a crisis, an injection crisis, on our streets,” said Jeff Cretan, a spokesman for Breed. California Assembly approves supervised opioid injection facility, faces federal opposition 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z In Greece, an 84-year-old retiree just got accepted into a Cretan university and starts classes this fall. Let’s give new meaning to college ‘senior’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Children learned Greek dances and recited short Cretan poems known as mantiades. Coming home after 130 years 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The Merchant Marine Ministry says the Andromeda was stopped off the southern Greek island of Crete over the weekend following a tip and escorted to a Cretan port for an inspection. Greece seizes ship for allegedly taking explosives to Libya 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Also, the tomb belongs to a noble who is almost certainly of Cretan origin. A Grecian Artifact Evokes Tales From the ‘Iliad’ and ‘Odyssey’ 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Heart problems, heart attacks and strokes - all types of cardiovascular disease - are rare, and that's despite a diet which includes plenty of lamb and local Cretan cheese. Why Greek mountain villagers have healthy hearts - BBC News 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z At one point, an outnumbered riot police unit was forced to flee up a street, with Cretan farmers in pursuit. Greek farmers and riot police clash in Athens 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The parents passed on traditional Cretan recipes, such as fried snails, and intermarriage with the Syrian population was rare. Coming home after 130 years 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z At one point, an outnumbered riot police unit was forced to flee up a street, with Cretan farmers wielding staffs and pieces of wood in pursuit. Thousands of farmers from across Greece gather in Athens for a two-day protest against government plans to impose tax hikes and pension charges, with scuffles breaking out outside the Agriculture Ministry 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Notably, they then adapted Linear A, the script in which the Cretans wrote their own language, into Linear B, a script for writing Greek. Grave of ‘Griffin Warrior’ at Pylos Could Be a Gateway to Civilizations 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Mustachioed, tall and in many ways resembling a Cretan warlord, Vangelis Meimarakis, the man never meant to be a leader, may emerge as the surprise winner of the Greek elections next week. Greek conservative leader could be surprise election winner as polls point to knife-edge vote 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Even for Giorgos Tzanakis, a Cretan who proudly recalls the island’s resistance against the Germans in the second world war, the anger isn’t personal. Tourists in Greece: 'Don't tell the cook we're German' 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z When the family attended their first asylum application interview, Ahmed purposely placed his finger next to his distinctively Cretan surname - Tarzalakis - when asked to show his passport. Coming home after 130 years 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z While the new rules exempt some coffee drinks, that exception doesn’t apply to blender beverages such as Frappuccinos, according to Jeff Cretan, legislative aide to the measure’s sponsor, Supervisor Scott Wiener. Killer Frappuccinos? San Francisco sees a health risk. 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z This developing warrior society liked to show off its power through high-quality goods, like Cretan seal stones and gold cups — “lots of bling,” as Dr. Wright put it. Grave of ‘Griffin Warrior’ at Pylos Could Be a Gateway to Civilizations 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z This must be what one of the Cretan resistance fighters meant when he said a true citizen is a dromeus - a runner. The women who are obsessed with Parkour - BBC News 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z On a packed beach near the Cretan capital, Heraklion, I meet Thomas, a young tourist from Germany. Tourists return as austerity-hit Greece emerges from crisis 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z "He started shouting to his colleagues, 'Look, look, there's a Cretan here! Come and see!'" Coming home after 130 years 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Indeed there is also another - even older - Cretan writing system, some of which was also found at Knossos. The unsung heroine who helped decode Crete's ancient script 2013-06-05T23:25:15Z "The Minoans are Europeans and are also related to present-day Cretans - on the maternal side." DNA reveals origin of Minoan culture 2013-05-15T14:13:17Z Modern archaeologists have questioned that version of events, and now ancient DNA recovered from Cretan caves suggests that the Minoan civilization emerged from the early farmers who settled the island thousands of years earlier. Minoan Civilization Originated in Europe, Not Egypt 2013-05-15T14:15:03.577Z The package was sent by a little-known group called "Cretan Revolution", which warned the minister against any efforts to seize homes and evict homeowners, police sources said. Greek finance minister sent bullet in the mail 2013-02-04T17:00:02Z Their accents are typically Cretan, but a lot of the vocabulary they learned in Syria is no longer used either in Crete or mainland Greece. Coming home after 130 years 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z And some national dishes are vegetarian, such as briam, a vegetable stew, and a Cretan speciality of aubergine slices covered with a vegetable mix that translates to "little shoes". 20 of your tales of vegetarian woe 2013-01-22T10:45:06Z Capture of the Cretan bull subsequently slain by Theseus at Marathon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Genetic studies of modern Cretans have come to little consensus. Minoan Civilization Originated in Europe, Not Egypt 2013-05-15T14:15:03.577Z He professes to be an emissary from the Cretans, and his recommendations are from a Manchester cotton-firm. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z They were almost out of reach of the Cretan shores, when Talus came into view, and, perceiving that his master’s prisoners were about to escape, leaned forward to catch the vessel by its rigging. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The whole plan bears more than a superficial resemblance to those of Cretan palaces in the later Minoan period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Quite distinct was the Idaean Hercules, a Cretan Dactyl connected with the cult of Rhea or Cybele. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Cretan.—A name given to an old lace, ordinarily made of colored material, whether silk or linen, and sometimes embroidered with the needle after the lace was complete. Lace, Its Origin and History 2012-02-26T03:00:15.360Z The male part of the household consists of the Governor and his brother-in-law, a Moslem judge, and the quarantine doctor, a Cretan, takes his meals in the house. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z To protect the Cretans the Ottoman government has extended the civil administration and created several small garrisoned posts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Now her people rose again in revolt against their brutal masters, and this time Greece felt strong enough to stand openly by her Cretan brothers. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The Cretans, who considered human marriage as a transcript of the heavenly marriage between Zeus and Hera, made offerings on occasion of it specially to these gods. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z Indeed the Firm Island appears to me, both from its geographical proximities and its whole phenomena, as a borrowing of Cretan or Minoan story. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z "In vain will you bewail your bride, "And meanly in her chamber hide, "In hopes to shun, when lingering there, "The massy dart, and Cretan spear. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z The Cretan occupation is fast obliterating other traces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The day for eating the roast lamb with the Cretan chiefs. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z All hope of taking the city except by starvation was given up, when Lagoras, a Cretan, observed that the walls must be left without a guard where the citadel and the city met. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z Phœnician pottery forms, with Cretan and early Grecian, a beautiful sequence from the primitive work of early dynasties to the refinements of later Grecian wares. Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers 2011-12-10T03:00:15.097Z The seats of this early sacred poetry are not only “Thracian”—i.e. on the borders of northern Greece—but also “Phrygian” and “Cretan.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The Cretan architects could design on a grand scale, and could carry out their designs with no small degree of mechanical skill. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Oh! what were the projects you made, Mrs. Howe, When you went where the Cretans were making a row? Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z One interesting half hour reached us in the shape of a visit from Papa Parthenius, a young and active member of the Cretan Syn-eleusis. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z There was born a man, by name Saturnus, who became for the Cretans and Macedonians what Zoroaster was for the Assyrians. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z The language employed is the dialect of the Candiotes, Cretan poets. with its large admixture of Venetian words. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Meanwhile the Cretan difficulty had become once more a source of trouble to Greece. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z These were the projects of good Mrs. Howe When she went where the Cretans were making a row. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Last evening the veteran received his Cretan mail. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Then, emptied of all his strength, Minos’s man of bronze fell into the Cretan Sea. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Cretan, belonging to Crete: a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable between two long.—n. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Prince George, who had received orders to prevent the landing of Turkish reinforcements on the island, soon withdrew from Cretan waters owing to the decisive attitude adopted by the commanders of the international squadron. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z After Nauplia came Argos, where the Cretan refugees were gathered in force. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z We rested from 12.30 until 2 P. M., the hour appointed for the distribution of clothing to the destitute Cretans, of whom there is a large settlement at Argos. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z They spoke to the king in the strange Cretan language; then Minos’s daughter made reverence to her father, and they went from the chamber. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Hannibal requesting the Cretan Priests to become his Bankers. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z The Cretan excavations, again, have taught us a great deal as to the religion of the Minoan age; they have, at the same time, thrown a new light upon the evidence supplied by Mycenaean sites. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z She gave readings here and there in aid of the Cretans. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Having enjoyed the repast, we returned to the Cretan settlement, and continued the distribution of the clothing until all were provided. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z "Tell me, what is going on in the city?" she added, turning to a Cretan maiden among the women. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Perhaps it gives the Cretan type as developed by artists of the school of Aegina. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z On the 18th of July a popular demonstration against his Cretan policy led to the resignation of Theotokes, whose successor, Rhalles, announced a programme of military and economical reform. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z There was a colony of Cretan refugees at Nauplia, another at Argos, both in dire need of food and clothing. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The proportion of children's clothing was insufficient; but who could have foreseen that the Cretans would have had such large families of such little children? From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z A few minutes more and they had reached the friendly grove and entered the mouth of one of the numerous canals which formed a network through the plain as complicated as the Cretan labyrinth. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z In places like the Cretan port of Rethymno, the debt crisis seemed a distant concept at times. To Tourists, Greek Debt Crisis Is a Distant Concept 2011-09-20T22:34:22Z In presence of the Cretan evidence it is no longer possible to maintain this view with the same confidence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Any lack of strenuousness about the Cretan Fair was amply atoned for. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The news from Crete is, that Mechmet Pacha has been in a measure surrounded by the Cretans. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z They were snapped up by the Cretan vessels which lay in wait beyond the breakwater. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Part of the explanation, some locals believe, lies in the nexus of a burst credit bubble and the Cretan male identity. Greek Crisis Exacts a Cruel Toll 2011-09-20T02:41:22Z Another noted contemporary who was celebrated mainly for his portraits was Cresilas, a Cretan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Some months before this, in August, 1866, the Cretans had risen against their Turkish oppressors, and made a valiant struggle for freedom. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z A little later come in some of our Cretan friends, together with one or two new faces. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Police say the clashes involved at least 30 people and occurred early Monday at the island’s main town of Iraklio between fans of Cretan top division club OFI and Irodotos, a small local team. Fan killed, 2 hurt in soccer-related clashes on Greek island of Crete 2011-09-05T09:54:13Z They have much in common with the finer class of Cretan stones already described. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Daughter of Cretan Minos, stern Judge of the Departed, your rearing has been too sad for youth and beauty, and the shade of Orcus has ever lain across your path. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z "Have not been strenuous enough about the Cretan Fair...." Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Their wives labor faithfully in the aid and employment of the Cretan women and children, and, I doubt not, in other good works. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z At their public meals the Cretans sit and feast merrily. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z A Cretan fresco shows a figure wearing an agate lenticular stone suspended from the left wrist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The child of Cronus and Rhea, countless places asserted their claim to be the scene of his birth, though the Cretan claim was most popular.* Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The Cretans called upon me to present their photographs and take leave. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z In the midst of this arrives the Cretan budget, as before mentioned. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z And in his "Cretan Women" he says of the brier— As the full branch to earth is weigh'd With mulberries, white and black and red. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Apart from the use of intaglios for sealing, the excavations have shown that the Cretan lapidaries were largely employed in the working of gems for purposes of decoration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Presently Apollo changed himself into a huge dolphin, and in this guise approached a ship of the Cretan mariners.*** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z I still have them and the Cretans greatly at heart, but I don't think I could do any good in the way just mentioned. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Our Cretan friend, M. Antoniades, is well known to the prefect; hence the daring of this summons. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The remnants to the dogs they're wont to throw, Euripides says, in his Cretan Women. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The area over which the Cretan influence extended was wide. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z "Gorgo," said the little girl, "I have got somebody; quickly, get some cakes and Cretan wine, and make the bed." Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z In the summer of 1909 the Cretan question came up again. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z She ran our blockade in the late war, but is now engaged in a more honest service, for she runs the Turkish blockade, and carries the means of subsistence to the Cretans. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z And he mentions him also in his Man-woman, or the Cretan. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The officer who had charge of us was a Cretan Turk, a kind-hearted but rather diffident man. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z They were Mysians and Jewesses, Phrygians and Cretans, daughters of Ecbatana and Babylon, maidens from the Bay of Pearls and from the sacred banks of the Ganges. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Accordingly she composed an open letter on the Cretan question. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z A pleasant little Athenian lady accompanies us, together with her father, a Cretan by birth, and a man who has been much in the service of the government. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z But the Phiditia in Sparta, and the Andrea, or man's feasts, among the Cretans, were celebrated in their respective cities with all imaginable care. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z More literal commentators have attempted to prove that Talus was a brazen statue or beacon, like the Colossus of Rhodes, placed by the Phœnicians on the Cretan promontory. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Jonathan is to sympathise with the distressed Cretans: he is to come into the war as a philanthropist, but it is a philanthropist with a six-shooter! Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z She was soon gladdened by a reply from the President, saying that he had not considered the Cretans as he should, but promising to send her letter to the Secretary of State. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z We talk of Cretan affairs; he is not sanguine as to the efficient intervention of the European powers. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Now among the Cretans, dancing and posture-making was a national amusement. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z In this work we learn that the Cretan Talus was beyond doubt the Phœnician sun-god, and that he was identical with the Athenian of the same name. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z The needs of the early Egyptians compelled them to devise sea-going ships, which in turn became the models of the Cretans, the people of East Africa, the Babylonians, the Phœnicians, and the Greeks. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z It's uneducated; it's like the modern Cretan, so different from his early ancestors, who saw life steadily and saw it whole—at least that's what one gathers from his remains.' Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Our chief veteran goes about to distribute clothing to the Cretan refugees, who, in advanced stages of nakedness, congregate in Egina, Syra, Argos, and other places, as well as in Athens. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z And Dosiadas gives a very similar account in the fourth book of his history of Cretan Affairs. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The Cretan Talus, according to the mythological account, was a brazen image, which Vulcan gave to Minos, or Jupiter to Europa. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z The Cretans had a particular devotion for Jupiter, but were not called Jupiterians. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z He wasn't all you think; and anyhow, he had a smaller island to think out; any one could have got a grasp of Cretan affairs. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z As usual, a credulous multitude believed in the impostor, and from the Cretan Jews he and his fellow plotters reaped a rich harvest. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z For the whetstone is called so among the Cretans, as Simmias testifies. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The Cretan Women told the story of Aëropê, a Cretan princess who secretly loved a squire or young soldier. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Thus a second time the European concert acted effectually in the interests of peace, but it did not stand the strain of the subsequent efforts to solve the Cretan Question. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Cnossos was not so much a town as a great palace for the Cretan monarch and his people. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z He is banished from the city—and embarks in a Cretan vessel. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The historian evidently regards this old Cretan empire as the older model of the Athenian, but settled in a far more advantageous place, and not liable to the dangers which proved the ruin of Athens. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z They quickly reach the Cretan shore, joyfully lay out their new city, and begin again the sweet, simple life in home and field which had been theirs before Paris brought the curse on Troy. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z Orphism may very possibly represent an ancient Cretan religion in clash or fusion with one from Thrace. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z Perhaps our Cretan tried to talk to him and was answered in an unintelligible gibberish. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Norwegian and Italian, Russian and Spaniard, Cretan and Scot, can hardly be confounded, not to contrast Dane and Hindu, Teuton and Arab, Irishman and Jew. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z Ah, thou rash boy! are there no couriers in the air to warn thee away from these emperilings, and point thee to those Cretan labyrinths, to which thy life's cord is leading thee? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z So remarkable were the finds in this long-buried Minoan town and so well preserved are its general features that it has justly been called the Cretan Pompeii. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Dr. Bar-Yosef said he had seen only a few photographs of the Cretan tools. 2010-02-15T22:08:00Z The same scruple against flesh-eating is conveyed in the beautiful confession, in the Cretans of Euripides, of one who had been initiated in the mysteries of Orpheus and became a “Bacchos.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" She was the daughter of a Cretan king— A Tyrant. Heathen Mythology As to its chronological relation to the Cretan sites—Cnossus, Phaestus, &c., and the “Minoan” civilization as determined by Dr A. Evans, see the discussion under Crete. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" In the “Ten Thousand” figured two hundred Cretan bowmen of Sosias’ corps. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" The tools could have been made millenniums before they became, as it were, frozen in time in the Cretan cliffs, the archaeologists said. 2010-02-15T22:08:00Z His weapons were richly ornamented, his horse-trappings were wrought in bronze and enamel, of design as exquisite as any relic of Mycenean or Cretan art, his raiment was embroidered with gold. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race There he sits, a demi-god, Stern as when he of yore forsook the maid Who, doating saved him from the Cretan toil, Where he had slain the Minotaur. Heathen Mythology On another occasion he was captured during a truce by some Cretan auxiliaries of the Spartans, and was released only by the devotion of a Messenian girl who afterwards became his daughter-in-law. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The Romans as a nation were, equally with the Greeks, indifferent to archery; in their legions the archer element was furnished by Cretans and Asiatics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Finally, when the Cretans had followed him even into Pamphylia with envoys begging for clemency, he did not disdain their offer of submission and was content to demand hostages. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men He attacked the Cretans, who had made an alliance with the pirates, but was totally defeated, most of his ships being sunk. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The Cretan music appears to have been almost entirely warlike and religious, while the Spartan, from the time of Alcman, was adapted to more various purposes. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 I must also pass over the Cretan colonies, for many reasons.527.Paus. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The Persian, Scythian and Parthian bow was far more efficient than the Cretan, though the latter was not wanting in the heterogeneous armies of the East. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" With an area of about 10 sq. m. it supports a population of about 300, who are mainly Cretan refugees, and in favourable seasons exports a quantity of good wheat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" This cult probably originated in Crete, whence the god in the form of a dolphin led his Cretan worshippers to the Delphian shore, where he bade them erect an altar in his honour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The very strict sumptuary and disciplinarian laws of Ceos were, in my opinion, of Cretan origin, and certainly not of Ionic. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 The Cretan bowmen must have been introduced by Rhianus from his own country; it is certain that there were no mercenaries at so early a period. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The Cretans, however, supplied Greek armies with the bowmen required. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" This discovery is important in view of the probable early connexion of the Cretan and Egyptian culture-centres. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" We returned to Boston in the autumn of the same year, and at once began to make arrangements for a fair by which we hoped to raise some money for the Cretans. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 With the Cretan cosmi may be compared the magistrates named prytanes, who in Corinth, as well as in other states, succeeded in the place of the kings. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 A Cretan was murdered in the sacred way of the Cretan worship; Minos came to take vengeance for the violation of the sacred armistice; and hence Athens was obliged to send a tribute to Cnosus. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The countries which accept the largest share of Cretan produce are Turkey, England, Egypt, Austria and Russia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" So he did not let out that he was Ulysses the King, but said that he was a Cretan. Tales of Troy and Greece The greater part of this was devoted to the purchase of provisions and clothing for the families of the Cretan combatants, which were known to be in a very destitute condition. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 Also the strange account of a Cretan festival in Plutarch de Defect. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 Hence the theologians mentioned by Cicero1188 were wrong in endeavouring without any authority to distinguish between the Athenian, Cretan, and Hyperborean Apollo. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The Cretan Church is not, strictly speaking, autocephalous, being dependent on the patriarchate of Constantinople. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The stranger would wonder why a Cretan had come alone to Ithaca, with great riches, and yet did not know that he was there. Tales of Troy and Greece He had started in a small steamer lent him by the government, intending to visit one of the islands on which were congregated a number of Cretan refugees, mostly women and children. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 The existence of Cretan institutions in the islands of the Ægæan is made probable by the report that Rhadamanthus was legislator of the islanders, Apollod. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 The Cretan worshippers of Apollo also established some considerable temples on the Ionian coast. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The evidence supplied by this and other Cretan sites shows that the principal Minoan divinity was a kind of Magna Mater, a Great Mother or nature goddess, with whom was associated a male satellite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" She insisted that he should tell her who he was, and he said that he was a Cretan prince, the younger brother of Idomeneus, and that he did not go to fight in Troyland. Tales of Troy and Greece My husband was greatly moved by the breaking out of the Cretan insurrection in 1866. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 The gymnastic war-games, which were peculiar to the Cretans and Spartans, still remained to be noticed as a characteristic feature of the Doric education. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 Thus we here again see a fresh connexion between the Delphians and Cretans, there being indeed hardly any distinction between them before they were dispersed by the different migrations of the Doric race. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 It is noteworthy that whereas, in Greece proper, Zeus attains a supreme position, the old superiority of the Mother Goddess is still visible in the Cretan traditions of Rhea and Dictynna and the infant Zeus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Agamemnon had a hundred ships, Diomede had eighty, Nestor had ninety, the Cretans with Idomeneus, had eighty, Menelaus had sixty; but Aias and Ulysses, who lived in small islands, had only twelve ships apiece. Tales of Troy and Greece A meeting was held in Boston Music Hall, at which Dr. Holmes, Wendell Phillips, Edward Everett Hale, and other prominent speakers presented the claims of the Cretans to the sympathy of the civilized world. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 The love of the Cretans for the chase is well known, see above, ch. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 On inquiring concerning the artists of the most ancient symbolical statues of Apollo, we find that the Cretans were the first sculptors, as well as musicians, of that worship. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The earlier remains both at Mycenae and Tiryns, still imperfectly investigated, show that this Cretan influence goes back to the Middle Minoan age, with its characteristic style of polychrome vase decoration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Where are seven men and seven maidens who will come with me, and meet these Cretans when they land, and sail back with them, and see this famous Crete, for the love of Theseus?' Tales of Troy and Greece Cretans have eyes under their back hair, or let's face it, Entertainers aren't Soldiers. The Big Time There too in living sculpture might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition And at the time which Homer describes, not only the language, but the customs and laws were probably also different; whereas Archilochus appears to mention the Cretan laws as prevalent over the whole island. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The historic tradition which identifies with the Cretans the principal element of the Philistine confederation, and places the tomb of Minos himself in western Sicily, thus receives remarkable confirmation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" They saw all the wonderful things of Egypt, palaces and pyramids and temples and tombs of kings, and at last they found a ship of the Cretans in the mouth of the Nile. Tales of Troy and Greece That the Spartans and the Cretans degenerated from their primitive ideal is manifest from the severe critiques of the philosophers. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion Was not Minos, the law-giver of the Cretans, the friend of Zeus, the highest of the gods? Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning In order, however, to reconcile these two accounts, we must first examine the Cretan worship of that god. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The sultan’s reply was couched in the vaguest terms, and the Cretans were ordered to render unquestioning obedience to the authorities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The Dorians stayed in Crete, and were there in the time of Ulysses, holding part of the island, while the true Cretans held the greater part of it. Tales of Troy and Greece It is esteemed a disgrace to a Cretan youth to have no lover. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion The proverbial character of the Cretans is well known. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. The circumstance of the θήκη of these virgins being turned to the east shows that it was of the Cretan time, since the Dorians laid their dead to the east, the Ionians to the west. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 Pears, apples, quinces, mulberries and other fruit-trees flourish, as well as vines; the Cretan wines, however, no longer enjoy the reputation which they possessed in the time of the Venetians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Nay, delay us not, for from this hour shall Athens be free, without master or lord among Cretan men.' Tales of Troy and Greece It is a disgrace for a Cretan youth to tamper with the boy he loves. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion In dying penitence he called himself thy agent in the murder of my noble parent, and bade me shun the daggers of thy savage Cretans. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 It is however certain, from an ancient tradition, that the Cretans also colonized this coast; though we are not aware what was the precise account of Callinus, the ancient elegiac poet,945 who preserved it. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The whole course of the older Cretan civilization is awhile interrupted, and is separated from the new by the true dark ages of Greece. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Again in the “Queen’s Megaron” in the east wing of the Great Palace it was found that the exposure of the remains to the violent extremes of Cretan weather must soon prove fatal to them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Almost the last thing he wrote, a pamphlet on the Greek and Cretan question, published in the spring of 1897, has the force and cogency of his best days. Studies in Contemporary Biography Of what far more complicated than Cretan Labyrinth is the creature, now hunted for the first time, sitting in the centre! a-listening the baffled roar! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) As originally the Eupatridæ alone cultivated the worship of Apollo, they alone possessed the ceremony of purification, which is here, as elsewhere, mixed up with the rites of the Cretan worship. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 Under the Pax Romana, the Cretan cities again enjoyed a large measure of prosperity, illustrated by numerous edifices still existing at the time of the Venetian occupation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Plutarch relates that the Cretans spoke of Crete as their motherland, and not fatherland. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy The Cretan inscriptions belong to a far older epoch, and are written in two non-Grecian scripts of undetermined affinities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" They all bore their own tunnels in every direction, and the whole interior becomes a Cretan labyrinth. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Special moral and spiritual fitness is set forth as necessary in view of the peculiar character of the Cretans and certain forms of doctrinal error. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive The Cretans themselves claimed for their island to be the birthplace of Zeus, as well as the parent of all the other divinities usually worshipped in Greece as the Olympian deities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Whenever the illness of recent years came to a crisis—after the Armenian and the Macedonian atrocities, after the Cretan insurrection—Germany stepped in and paralyzed the action of Europe. German Problems and Personalities When the Northern papers simply say they have gained a victory, we rejoice, knowing their Cretan habits. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The Cretan Lady having jumped out of Bed in a raving Fit, wandered on the foreign Shore of Dia. The Lovers Assistant, or, New Art of Love Author of Through Bosnia on Foot; Cretan Pictographs and Prae-Phoenician Script; and other works on archaeology. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 1 Prependix The remarkable remains recently brought to light on Cretan soil tend to show that already some 2000 years before the Dorian conquest the island was exercising a dominant influence in the Aegean world. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" He died in 213, and just about this time Philopœmen of Megalopolis returned from serving in the Cretan army to fight for his country. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History So the truth they crushed to earth on the Chickahominy has risen again, and the Yankees, like the Cretans, are to be known henceforth as a nation of liars. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Inscription in the Cretan linear character from a vase. Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 He arranged the collective guarantee of the neutrality of Luxemburg in 1867, negotiated a convention about the “Alabama,” which, however, was not ratified, and most wisely refused to take any part in the Cretan troubles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" The forces of the powers shortly afterwards occupied Candia and the other maritime towns, while the international fleet blockaded the Cretan coast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" No doubt the Achaean gods were influenced on their side by Cretan conceptions, though perhaps not so much as Ionia was. Five Stages of Greek Religion Fame went that Duke Idomeneus, thrust from his fathers' land, Had gone his ways, and desert now was all the Cretan strand, That left all void of foes to us those habitations lie. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse Who were the Cretans and what kind of characters did they use? Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 For this purpose a number of troopships and warships carrying what was known as the Greek Legion and made up of Cretan volunteers, were to be used. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Actual figures of a monster with a bull’s head and man’s body occurred on seals of Minoan fabric found on this and other Cretan sites. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Studying Italian politics since the war broke out is like threading the Cretan Labyrinth in a dense fog. England and Germany Cretans were liars ever: in their pride Have they built up a sepulchre for thee; As if the King of Gods and men had died, And borne the lot of frail mortality. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Otherwise taken, it is a more than Cretan labyrinth. The History of Dartmouth College The Cretan dame Rose from the couch o'erjoy'd; and raising high To heaven her guiltless hands, pray'd that her dream On truth was founded. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II With such remains before us it is no longer sufficient to relegate Minos to Historic substratum of Cretan myths. the regions of sun-myths. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Anarchy was spreading, at that time I expressed the opinion that the only person capable of saving Greece—if Greece could yet be saved—was the Cretan insurgent, M. Venizelos. England and Germany Yet the nobles and their hired Cretan bowmen force the way and pursue him into Furina's grove. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome These he deposited in the temple of Diana, in presence of several Cretans, to whose honesty, he said, he confided all his treasure. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) The darted spear not: nor the leaden ball “Hurl'd from the whirling sling;—nor reedy dart “Shot from the Cretan bow. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II In general the Cretan constitution is characterized by a conservative spirit, and contrasts with the ultra-democratic systems established in Greece and the Balkan States. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Pashley quotes a Latin author to show that Cydonia was one of the most ancient, if not the most ancient, of Cretan cities,—"Cnossus and Erythræa, and, as the Greeks say, Cydonia, mother of cities." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Though Italian by blood extraction, descendant of the old Dukes of Athens, Venizelos is a Cretan by birth. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers The descent is guarded by the legendary Minotaur, the Cretan monster, part bull, part man. Dante: His Times and His Work So long the tedious warfare, well she knew The leaders' names, their arms, their prancing steeds: And knew their garments, and their Cretan bows. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II The Cretans were in 1906 more lightly taxed than any other people in Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Included in the field of view were the sites of seven of the Cretan cities of early days, not counting Minoa and Canea, hidden from view. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Beginning his public career in his native island as a "brigand" insurgent against Turkish power, he finally became the leader of his people, being Prime Minister of the Cretan Government in 1909. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers O, strangers, who have dwelt in Knossos of the Cretan land, think not to return to your ancient home, to your wives or to your children. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Latest about the Cretan corroboree in our cable messages this evening. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia It will be convenient here to give a general view of the more important Minoan remains recently excavated on various Cretan sites. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The Cretan community of goods was based chiefly on the unnatural relation created by the authorities known as paiderastia; and which was a very efficient means to prevent over-population. Principles Of Political Economy Western Asia furnished the greatest number of this miserable population, and Cretan and Cilician slave-hunters were found on all the coasts of Syria and Greece. Ancient States and Empires Their white sails and the spears of the Cretan warriors sparkled in the sunshine, as the crested waves rose and fell, carrying the long billows to the shore. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life In his youth, this marvellous Cretan had been sent by his father to bring home some stray sheep, and turning aside into a cave for shelter from the noontide heat, had fallen asleep. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 A new factor now became apparent in Cretan politics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Possibly the employment of girls in this sport gave rise to the story of the maiden tribute from Athens to be sacrificed to the Cretan minotaur. More Science From an Easy Chair So the Cretans answered me, seeing that I didn't think much of you, 'But this thrust of the lance and this saber-cut are mere scratches.' The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death With a mighty shout the Cretan warriors went forth to the onset as the fiery horses of Helios rose up with his chariot into the kindled heaven. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Vida's eye had once more fallen on the reproduction of one of the Cretan frescoes with a sudden intensification of interest. The Convert The aim of the society was a war with Turkey with a view to the acquisition of Macedonia, and it found a ready instrument for its designs in the growing discontent of the Cretan Christians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The scene is usually thrown back eastward to Crete, the Trojan War furnishes the background, the famous Cretan hero Idomeneus is usually in some way connected with the stranger who is speaking. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Thrown back towards the chariots, still fighting, attacked at once by the Numidian cavalry, by the legionaries and by the Cretan archers, we yielded ground step by step. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death Well, sire, two of the Cretan galleys foundered, and Trophimes, the pilot, swears that one of the Argos ships was in trouble. The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago In view of this expiation, Epimenides the Cretan performed a purification of the city. The Athenian Constitution On the 27th of April 1899 a new autonomous constitution was voted by a constituent assembly, and in the following June the local administration was handed over to Cretan officials by the international authorities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Eumæus first tells to Telemachus the fictitious Cretan story concerning the stranger; then Ulysses gives a note of his true self: "Would that I were Ulysses' son or the hero himself!" Homer's Odyssey A Commentary The terrible dog had hurled down and was holding under his enormous paws the Cretan archer, who was uttering frightful cries. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death He discussed topics ranging from theories of matter to the early Cretan culture, and related them all to one dominant scientific thread. The Chamber of Life After they had held this city for five years the Cretans recaptured it, and the Samian exiles ended their career by being sold into slavery. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality In this, as in so many other respects, the old Cretan tradition receives striking confirmation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" If he had good luck he might hope to be in time even after this to strike a blow also at the Cretan squadron. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima I heard the sides of the Cretan crack and grind under the teeth of Deber-Trud, who dug and dug, burying his bloody muzzle up to the eyes in the man's chest. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death One is an Athenian, one a Cretan, the third a Lacedæmonian, and all are elderly. From a Cornish Window A New Edition The Phœnicians took the Egyptian and Cretan models and improved them. A History of Sea Power In the same way the important part played by Cretan enterprise in the days of the New Egyptian empire is illustrated by repeated finds of Late Minoan pottery on Egyptian sites. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" A squadron of the Venetians remained in the Cretan ports. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Thus they said "timid as a Phrygian," "vain as a Moor," "deceitful as a Cretan," "intractable as a Sardinian," "fierce as a Dalmatian," "gentle as an Ionian," etc., etc. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death The Nereid in the Cretan tale referred to in Chapter IX obstinately refused to speak, although her lover had fairly conquered her. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology We know now that 1000 years before the Phœnicians began to write the Cretans had evolved a system of written characters—as yet undeciphered—and a decimal system for numbers. A History of Sea Power Farther to the east the recent excavations on the old Philistine sites like Gezer have brought to light swords and vases of Cretan manufacture in the later palace style. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The Athenians had been forced by the Cretan king Minos to deliver up to him every eight years seven boys and seven girls. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity According to the orders of the Chief of the Hundred Valleys, the archers and slingers resumed their shooting, while Cretan archers and slingers from the Balearic Islands, spreading over the opposite bank, answered our people. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death From the whole booty, first, what pleased me most Chusing, and sharing also much by lot I rapidly grew rich, and had thenceforth Among the Cretans rev’rence and respect. The Odyssey of Homer As a final word on the beginnings of navies, emphasis should be laid on the enormous importance of these early mariners, such as the Cretans and the Phœnicians, as builders of civilization. A History of Sea Power It contained a shrine of the Cretan snake goddess, and was rich in minor relics, chiefly in the shape of bronze implements and pottery for household use. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" His poem "Oath" was inspired by the Cretan struggle for freedom. Life Immovable First Part There are the Cretans; they held up their heads. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 To love the slender cypress, and to leave the Cretan pastures lying near Ida. Plutarch's Morals He purposely makes us tread the round of the circulus vitiosus, as in the old saw: A Cretan said, all Cretans are liars. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation The remains supply detailed information as to the everyday life of a Cretan country town about the middle of the second millennium B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" This theory explains the old hero-sagas which are connected with Zeus and the strange fact that the Cretans pointed to a spot in their island where they believed Zeus was buried. Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India While frustrating his country's efforts to find a way out of the pass into which he had intrigued it, the Cretan and his partisans did not neglect other forms of activity. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 Now this place was Tænarum, for there they say Tettix the Cretan had gone with a fleet and founded a city, and dwelt near the place where departed souls were conjured up. Plutarch's Morals St. Paul quotes the saying that the Cretans are "liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons," and attributes it to "one of themselves, a prophet of their own." The Books of the New Testament The Cretan, who, in declaring all Cretans to be liars, left the question of his veracity doubtful to all eternity, fell into a pit of his own digging. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. A slave woman is given him not unskilled in Minerva's labours, Pholoë the Cretan, with twin boys at her breast. The Aeneid of Virgil In 1899 M. Venizelos became a member of the first Cretan Administration appointed by the High Commissioner, Prince George—King Constantine's brother. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 Thus he, acting as commander, kept going through the ranks of heroes, and he came to the Cretans, going through the throng of men. The Iliad of Homer (1873) The Cretan Bull.—The seventh labour of Heracles was to capture the Cretan bull. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Not unlike the unfortunate Cretan, Mr. White has tumbled headlong into his own snare. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. The bird poised upon the axe in the Cretan picture is the homologue of the falcon of Horus: it is in fact a second representation of the winged disk itself. The Evolution of the Dragon The Cretan had never been able to bear contradiction. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 The soldier man is a Cretan and seemed a good sort. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 The body of their king was brought to Agrigent by the Cretans, where it was buried with great pomp, and over his tomb a temple to Aphrodite was erected. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome In these parts the Cretans were of the greatest service. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis To complete the identification with the cow-mother Cretan fable represents a sow suckling the infant Minos or the youthful Zeus-Dionysus as his Egyptian prototype was suckled by the divine cow. The Evolution of the Dragon M. Gounaris and his colleagues lacked the Cretan's infinite capacity for taking chances. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 Our Vatican Jupiters have as little respect for old Chronos as the Cretan had: they mutilate him when and where they think necessary, limp as he may by the operation. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection But when the Cretans were persecuted by the same Sultan, the suffering and bloodshed was soon ordered stopped by these same six powers, at Mammon's command. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View The feeling against the Jews was still too strong for those who remained in Alexandria to appear openly in the matter, and they therefore employed intermediaries, principally Greeks and Cretans, to buy up the captives. For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem According to a Cretan legend the youthful god Zeus-Dionysus was suckled by a sow. The Evolution of the Dragon Even more sinister were the motives which prompted the King's advances to the Cretan. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 The Cretans, the brewers of this Malmsey, have many aromatic and powerful herbs among them. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The Cretans were servants of the common master; the Cretan bonds were endangered. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View The Cretans, who were the most celebrated archers in Europe, sometimes formed a separate division in the Grecian and afterward in the Roman armies. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 A Cretan will look you in the face, and tell you that yonder is Zeus' tomb. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece As we have seen, shortly after the Cretan's installation at Salonica, the Entente Powers, by a diplomatic fiction, decided to treat his Committee as a de facto Government. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 Jupiter, for this purpose, raised a gallant army of Cretans, and engaged the Cecrŏpes as auxiliaries in this expedition; but these, after taking his money, having refused their services, he changed into apes. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) These speakers are three—an Athenian, a Cretan, and a Spartan. A Short History of Greek Philosophy He refused to interfere in any way with the Cretan rebellion, and with the impending disputes between Turkey and Greece. Historical and Political Essays The archers were in all four hundred and eighty, of whom eighty were Cretans. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece His first favourable impression of the Cretan as "somebody" had not survived closer acquaintance. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 Nothing so much distinguished him as the laws he enacted for the Cretans, which obtained him the name of one of the greatest legislators of antiquity. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) A new colony is to be led forth from Crete, and the Cretan takes advice of the others as to the ordering of the new commonwealth. A Short History of Greek Philosophy Retaining their Bulgarian speech and many ancient national usages, they may be compared with the indigenous Cretan, Bosnian and Albanian Moslems. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" But in spite of several questions asked in the House of Commons, Cretan and Greek komitadjis continued to land at Santa Quaranta, the Greek Government persistently denying all knowledge. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle The Cretan people expressed its opinion by its vote: among the sixty-four deputies elected to the Chamber in 1903 there were only four Venizelists. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 The seventh labor was the capture of the Cretan bull. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) The Cretans had the like mournful hymns, in which they commemorated the grief of Apollo for the loss of Atymnius. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) They were the first Gods of the Cretans, and under other names, of the Armenians, as we learn from Berosus, and of Panchaia, an island South of Arabia, as we learn from Euhemerus. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry They were in Cretan Linear B script, and at the head of each list was a little picture, a sword or a helmet or a cooking tripod or a chariot wheel. Omnilingual Twenty Cretan stalwarts had barricaded themselves in it and held out until machine-guns persuaded them to surrender. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 Compared with this castle, the Cretan labyrinth was intelligible; and unless some kind Ariadne gives me a clue, I shan't have the pleasure of seeing you above once a-week. Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden The most ambitious tradition boldly transcended the limits of human occupation, and gave to Divinity itself a place of nurture in the fastnesses of the Cretan mountains. The Sea-Kings of Crete On the Cretan coins was the Equinoctial Bull; and he also appeared on those of the Mamertins and of Athens. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry He was educated in Greece and Switzerland and became active in Cretan politics, and won recognition as the strong man of the "Great Greek Island." Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights These overtures may be regarded as a last attempt on the part of Athens to take the Cretan at his word. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 Philostratus relates a tradition of the Cretans, affirming that, Apollonius having entered a temple to worship, a sound was heard as of a chorus of virgins singing, "Come from the earth; come into heaven; come." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life But other legends, not so famous nor so romantic, carry on the story of the great Cretan King to a miserable close. The Sea-Kings of Crete As a war-measure the refusal of the pacha was right, for the possession of the women and children gave the Turks a certain hold upon the Cretans who were bushwhacking in the mountains. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. The Cretan refugees were then there, and about twelve hundred of these were in their day and Sabbath-schools. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. To secure his authority over these maritime possessions, the Cretan obtained from his patrons some of the warships of which they had robbed the King. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 The Cretans had a particular devotion to Jupiter, and were never entitled Jupiterians. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary For the Cretan King he wrought many wonderful works, rearing for him the Labyrinth, and the Choros, or dancing-ground, which, as Homer tells us, he 'wrought in broad Knossos for fair-haired Ariadne.' The Sea-Kings of Crete On the gate were carvings representing various Cretan stories. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor One pretended to be derived from Dares, a Phrygian, who fought on the Trojan side, and another from Dictys, a Cretan, who was with the Greeks. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour The Opposition, which consisted of no fewer than sixteen different groups united only by a common desire to get rid of the Cretan Dictator, would fain decline the challenge. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 In Turkey's stolid resistance to reform, in her massacres, in the Cretan revolt, and in the war between her and Greece, William II has seen only an opportunity of gain for himself. The Schemes of the Kaiser But even in some of the Mycenæan tombs iron appears in the shape of finger-rings; and in East Cretan tombs of the latest Minoan period iron swords have been found. The Sea-Kings of Crete The Cretan monster is the mad bull sent by Neptune to destroy the land; Hercules came to the rescue and carried it away on his shoulders. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Here droop'd the victim of a lawless flame: The amorous frenzy of the Cretan dame He fled abhorrent, and contemn'd her tears, And to the dire suggestion closed his ears. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Politicians who had been eclipsed by the Cretan's brilliance, came forth now to regain their lustre at his expense. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 It had as many ramifications as the Cretan labyrinth, as many fluctuations as the Northern Lights, as much colour as a parterre in June, and was as crowded with figures as a coronation. The Return of the Native Page 64 But expectation still fixed on Knossos as the most probable site for any Cretan discoveries. The Sea-Kings of Crete Here Cretan Rhadamanthus, strict and stern, His kingdom holds. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Respecting the founding of the Cretan churches we have no information in the Acts of the Apostles. Companion to the Bible Themistocles, to whom the Cretan statesman bears some affinity, it will be remembered, forced the Greeks to fight at Salamis by a similar stratagem. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 The leaping of the youths of the Cretan hymn is just the utterance of their tense desire. Ancient Art and Ritual To this day the Cretans are fond of dancing, and in ancient times the dance had often a religious significance, and was part of the ceremonial of worship. The Sea-Kings of Crete The Athenians pretend that it was amongst them it was first used; the Cretans, Sicilians, and Egyptians also lay claim to the same. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. The old Cretans were known to the Egyptians as the "Keftiu", and traded on the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria While these eccentricities prevailed at home, abroad the gamester-spirit of the Cretan scored its crowning triumph. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 As to eating vegetables apart from meat, it was once as hard to get English domestics to let you do that, as to get a Cretan cook to serve woodcock with the trail. Lost Leaders Of these, the largest had some resemblance to a woman of ample contours, while a smaller nodule suggested the figure of an infant, and near it was a rude representation of a Cretan wild-goat. The Sea-Kings of Crete Opposite appear The Cretans, and among the Chiefs of Crete stands, like a God, Idomeneus. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Pherecydes also says that Theseus also knocked out the bottoms of the Cretan ships, to prevent pursuit. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 In fact, one of the Opposition leaders—Ion Dragoumis, son of the ex-Premier of that name—was assassinated by the Cretan guards who had arrested him. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 “Kopros is not a thing to be eaten,” says the Cretan, according to a traveller; and the natural heart of the English race regards vegetables, when eaten as a plat apart, with equal disfavour. Lost Leaders Such, then, have been the outstanding results of the excavation of the ancient palace of the Cretan Sea-Kings, so far as it has yet proceeded. The Sea-Kings of Crete Idomeneus in front Of his bold Cretans stood, stout as a boar295 The van he occupied, while in the rear Meriones harangued the most remote. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Meriones, with his Cretan followers, settled at Engyion in Sicily, along with the preceding Cretans who had remained there after the invasion of Minos. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 They afterwards engraved on bronze: the laws of the Cretans were on bronze tables; the Romans etched their public records on brass. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The threat of the God to his Cretan ministers, p. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological From his analysis of the various signs Dr. Evans has concluded that the inscription is not Cretan, but may represent a script, perhaps Lycian, in use in the coast-lands of Asia Minor. The Sea-Kings of Crete Agamemnon, King of men, Foremost arose; then Tydeus' mighty son, With either Ajax in fierce prowess clad;190 The Cretan next, Idomeneus, with whom Uprose Meriones his friend approved, Terrible as the man-destroyer Mars. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper While I commanded for more than a year a large squadron of Turkish ironclads stationed in Crete, I had many opportunities of judging as to the sentiments of the Cretans. Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha He seems to be beginning his interference in Cretan matters. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 54, November 18, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Forgetting that the Cretans accepted Home Rule from the Powers, and that the matter was supposed to have been settled, Abdul Hamid now comes forward with a little proposal of his own. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, November 4, 1897, No. 52 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls In all probability he is meant to represent an Egyptian priest, though what he is doing in a Cretan festival it is hard to tell. The Sea-Kings of Crete So saying, he roused his spirit, and on fire To combat with the Cretan, forth he sprang. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper At one time she was mistress of the Sudan, Somaliland, Palestine, Syria, Libya, and Cyprus; and the Sicilians, Sardinians, Cretans, and even Greeks, stood in fear of the Pharaoh. The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology The foreign troops are to remain on the island until a Cretan militia has been organized. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 38, July 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls When Djevad Pasha arrived at the island, giving himself all the airs of a new Turkish governor, the Cretans accepted Home Rule in the belief that the Powers would protect them from the Turks. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 46, September 23, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls In one single house of one of its merchants he came upon 500 clay seal-impressions, with specimens of almost every type of Cretan seal design, which had evidently been used for sealing bales of goods. The Sea-Kings of Crete Instead, I should have the same cluster served me every morning that I might say to mine enemies, with truth, that I have Cretan grapes for breakfast daily. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem It is said that he has accepted on condition that he is first to be given an opportunity of seeing how he can get along with the Cretans. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 36, July 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The ideal is respectable, certainly; in view of the concert of the powers, in the interest of their own repose, to coerce Greece and the Cretans, we may perhaps refrain from calling it noble. The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future They sent replies, signed by nearly forty thousand men, representing the entire Cretan population, declaring that they wanted no such arrangement. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls It is possible enough that both the Nilotic and the Minoan civilization sprang from a common stock, and that the Neolithic Cretans and the Neolithic Egyptians were alike members of the same widespread Mediterranean race. The Sea-Kings of Crete It was no use to turn off into alleys and by-paths; to do so at night meant to be involved in a labyrinth as deadly for them as that of the Cretan Minos. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. I wish the powers would keep their hands off the Cretan trouble, as they have had a time of it under the Turkish rule. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 31, June 10, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Far away in the south, he spied a little ship sailing from Crete to sandy Pylos; and the men who were on board were Cretan merchants. Hero Tales Now I hope you will remember that the sufferings of the Armenians and of the Cretans should deeply move us, not alone because they are Christians, but because they are Greeks. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Of course we cannot attribute to Cretan influence the style of the Egyptian building in this respect. The Sea-Kings of Crete I have seen Turkish troops during the Cretan insurrection live on practically nothing else than a few beans and a little bread, and on this meagre and precarious diet they fought like heroes. With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train I hope Greece will win, for I pity the poor Cretans under the cruel rule of Turkey. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 26, May 6, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Then, in the form of a handsome youth, with golden hair falling in waves upon his shoulders, he hastened to the beach to welcome the Cretan strangers. Hero Tales The Cretans are determined to be reunited to Greece, their own mother-country, and they intend to fight until they gain their point. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The art of glazing pottery was not a native Cretan, but an Egyptian art; it is in full use in Egypt from the very beginnings of the First Dynasty. The Sea-Kings of Crete It is not to be wondered at that both Cretans and Turks were a little alarmed at the sight of these brawny, petticoated soldiers. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 24, April 22, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls He thinks the only true way to settle the difficulty, is to let the Cretans have their own government under the rule of Greece, and pay tribute to Turkey. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 23, April 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls We are Cretan merchants, and we were on our way to Pylos with stores of merchandise, to barter with the tradesmen of that city. Hero Tales This action on the part of the Cretans turned every one's attention back to the frontier of Greece and Turkey. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The Cretan artists, however, though they borrowed the process, adapted it to their own tastes. The Sea-Kings of Crete On receipt of these orders the Admirals proceeded to put them into effect, and the Cretan ports are now blockaded. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 22, April 8, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The Cretans must heartily wish that the Powers would go away and mind their own business, and leave them to settle their own affairs. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 23, April 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Now this is the story of the Greek and Cretan troubles of which every one is talking in Europe and in America. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls It seems that the question of Cretan liberty must be settled there. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls But the remaining tribes are in all probability Cretans, fragments of the old Minoan Empire which had collapsed two centuries before, and was now gradually becoming disintegrated under the continued pressure from the north. The Sea-Kings of Crete It is but natural that they fight for their brothers, the Cretans. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 19, March 18, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls No ships are allowed to enter the ports that bring supplies to the Cretans or Greeks. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 23, April 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The commander of the corps, Colonel Vassos, is reported to have issued a proclamation to the Cretans, in which he says that the troubles in Crete have been deeply felt by their brother Greeks. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 18, March 11, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The Cretans are Greeks and Christians, and long to be under the rule of a Christian monarch. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 17, March 4, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls When the Minoan fleet was no longer in being to police the Ægean, these and other piratical races must have quickly driven the Cretan merchant marine from the seas. The Sea-Kings of Crete It seems quite sure that they do not mean to leave the Cretans under the care of the Sultan of Turkey. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 19, March 18, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls A late despatch from Crete says that the Cretans have forced the Turks to flee from Malaxa, and have killed the garrison. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 23, April 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls And the bed of the Cretan �rope deceitful in a deceitful marriage has come as a finishing stroke on me and my father, to the miserable destruction of our family. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. The Greeks are anxious to aid the Cretans, and at the first word of the revolt in Crete sent war-ships to Canea, the port at which the fighting has taken place. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 17, March 4, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls We may remember that in ancient warfare the Cretan bowmen were as famous as the Balearic slingers or the archers of England. The Sea-Kings of Crete The first to see them coming was Idomeneus, the Cretan prince, the son of Deucalion; he was sitting apart from the rest on the highest place, and he could distinguish the voices of the drivers. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) The Cretans did not take the slightest notice of this order, but continued the attack, and drove the Turks out. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 23, April 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls But thou art thus tormented on account of some fault committed against the Cretan huntress, profane because of unoffered sacred cakes. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. The latest news seems very serious indeed, almost as if this Cretan matter were going to bring about the European war that has been so long feared. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 17, March 4, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Since then the material has been rapidly accumulating, and at present the number of objects—tablets, labels, and other articles-inscribed with the various Cretan scripts can be counted by thousands. The Sea-Kings of Crete Then Ulysses pretended he was a Cretan and had fought at Troy, and told Eumæus a long tale of adventures and how he had been wrecked at last on the coast of Epirus. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) The allied warships in the Bay of Suda at once opened fire on the Cretans, who withstood the fire bravely. The Great Round World And What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1. No. 23, April 15, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls When his wife died, he married, for his second wife, Ph�dra, a Cretan, daughter of Minos, king of Crete, and Pasipha�. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Tacitus probably referred to the Cretan origin of the Philistines, when he says that the Jews were originally natives of the island of Crete. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The old Cretan tradition that the Phœnicians did not invent the letters of the alphabet, but only changed those already existing, is amply justified; for this seems to have been precisely what they did. The Sea-Kings of Crete Few events in our age have caused a more painful sensation than the bombardment of Cretan villages by British and French warships. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) But in Crete the friendship of horse and man was traditional; in Cretan folk-lore, horses still foresee the doom of their masters, and weep. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 And no longer is it obscure where the fortune of Venus sets, O wretched Cretan daughter. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Zagreus was the son of the Cretan Zeus and Persephonê, and was hewn in pieces by the Titans, his heart alone being preserved by Athênê, who gave it to Zeus. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology There are, indeed, traces of a male divinity, who was adopted by the Greeks when they obtained predominance in the island, as the representative of their own supreme deity, and who became the Cretan Zeus. The Sea-Kings of Crete The chronic discontent of the Cretans at Turkish misrule and the outrages of the Moslem troops led to grave complications in 1897. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) He mentions the Kubizeteres, Cretan tumblers, who indulge in a 'stunt' unknown elsewhere. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 And thou thyself Cam’st from a Cretan mother, whom her sire Caught with a man who had no right in her And gave dumb fishes the polluted prey. The Seven Plays in English Verse The Cretan statesman passed many an hour of doubt and misgiving before he came within sight of his goal. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference The suggestion of the association of Zeus with the Minoan goddess may have been given to the Northern conquerors by a feature of the Cretan religion which they found already in existence. The Sea-Kings of Crete And the practice of morality is the effort to find out this sphere; morality, indeed, is the Ariadne's clue in the Cretan labyrinth in which man is placed. Five Years of Theosophy Civilization would have meant for him Cretan civilization: the civilization he knew: that part of the proposition would inhere in his subconsciousness. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 He was a tall, finely-built fellow, a Cretan or Bulgarian I should think, for he looked too wide awake for a Turk. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 Philopœmen, by his remaining beyond seas at this time acting as general for the Cretans, gave his enemies an opportunity of charging him with dishonourably shirking the war at home. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II It is round Minos, the son of Zeus and Europa, that the bulk of the Cretan legends gathers. The Sea-Kings of Crete Those who understood his character were not taken in by this attempt to play the Cretan with men of Crete, but some believed him and lost their cups for nothing. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Like roar of ocean beating on the Cretan cliff, The strong Komiske gives the panting sphere a biff; And from the tribunes rise loud murmurs everywhere, When twice and thrice Mikellius beats the mocking air. Echoes from the Sabine Farm And when the Cretans first, and after them the Lacedæmonians, began the practice of gymnastic exercises, the wits of the time had it in their power to make sport of those novelties.... Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Areus the king of Sparta also arrived, with a thousand Cretans and the swiftest footed of the Spartans. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II But the three daughters of the Sicilian King, eager to protect Dædalus, drowned the Cretan in the bath, and so he perished miserably. The Sea-Kings of Crete But nevertheless Perseus somehow outwitted him so far as to bribe one Oroandes, a Cretan, who possessed a small vessel, to take him on board. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Anthony, the father of Marc Anthony, was appointed to execute their vengeance; but, too confident of success, he was beaten by the Cretans in a sea-battle. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson Cretan influence strong in Middle Minoan completely drowned local efforts in first Late Minoan days. How to Observe in Archaeology In Switzerland I remember even getting a Cretan coin, which I was humiliated by being unable to pass at a post office. The Pleasures of Ignorance Even our untutored Cretan workmen felt the spell and fascination. The Sea-Kings of Crete Of the common soldiers the Cretans followed him, not from any love they bore him, but being as eager for his riches as bees are for honey. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Otherwise he is no Cretan, and must be degraded from his Professorship. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 30, 1891 The Cretan civilization swept over South Greece in the first Late Minoan period. How to Observe in Archaeology They chased the monster from the earth— They sought the lion in his den— They pierced the Cretan's deadly maze— Their noble blood gave humble men Their happy birthright—peaceful days. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Light was furnished in the day-time, according to Cretan Palace practice, not by windows, but by light-wells, of which there are two, one on the south and one on the east side. The Sea-Kings of Crete For he carried great store of wealth with him, and out of it distributed among the Cretans cups and bowls and other gold and silver plate to the amount of fifty talents. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I No; let him remain the head professor of the gay science of mendacity in the Cretan College. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 30, 1891 Bishops are bad, they are like the Cretans, evil beasts and slow bellies; but the bishop whose brother Cowper knows is a blessing to the Church. Cowper To such men might with justice be applied the poet's description of the Cretan warrior; translated by my friend, Dr. Leyden. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 Hence, Apollo, when in his personal power he crosses the sea, leading his Cretan colonists to Pytho, takes the form of a dolphin, becomes Apollo Delphinius, and names the founded colony "Delphi." The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm Pherekydes also says that Theseus also knocked out the bottoms of the Cretan ships, to prevent pursuit. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Master of the Mendacious Art in the Cretan College, says or writes one thing, he must be taken as meaning exactly the opposite. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 30, 1891 The enemies' watering party also was guarded by Cretan auxiliaries and Tarentine horsemen. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 But before we proceed to narrate the closing scenes of the Cretan war, we must retrace our steps, to give some account of its origin and progress. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 Protected by the impassable roads which led to these heights, the Cretans revolted, and for a long time maintained an armed independence against the Senate of Venice. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera When the Cretan maidens Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar, Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass, There is mirth among them. Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics Pyrrhic Dance, the chief war-dance of the Greeks, of quick, light movement to the music of flutes; was of Cretan or Spartan origin. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge One thousand foot were sent to them, under the command of Euphanes, a Cretan. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 In this way the Cretans, who had been free through all preceding ages and had never owned a foreign lord, were enslaved; and from their subjugation Metellus obtained his title. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. 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