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Crete (mythology)

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King Minos is related to several women named Crete. One was his queen, another was his granddaughter.

In Greek mythology, the name Crete (Ancient Greek: Κρήτη) may refer to several figures, all of whom are associated with the homonymous island of Crete, and may have been considered its eponyms:

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  1. ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.20 with Hesperus as suggested by Dalechamps instead of Hesperides
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Krētē; Solinus. Polyhistor, 11.5. Translated by Arwen Apps
  3. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 3.71.2
  4. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.60.4
  5. ^ Tzetzes, Chiliades 4.361
  6. ^ Asclepiades of Tragilus in Apollodorus, 3.1.2
  7. ^ Apollodorus, 3.3.1

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