LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRADITIONAL LITERATURE
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Island of King Minos
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Island of Greece
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Island of Crete
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Island of Cuba
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Detailed explanation-1: -Crete, Modern Greek Kríti, Ancient Greek Crete or Krete, Latin Creta, Turkish Girit, Venetian Candia, island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that is one of 13 administrative regions (periféreies) of Greece.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Greek mythology, the first queen of Crete was Europa. Later on, Crete island became the land of King Minos. The legend is that the king refused to sacrifice a bull to the gods and Poseidon punished him by making his wife fall in love with a bull.
Detailed explanation-3: -Crete is the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean and the largest and most populous of the Greek islands. It is 255km long and is divided into four administrative regions, known as Nomos, Chania in the West, Rethymno and Heraklion in the Center of Crete and Lassithi in the East.
Detailed explanation-4: -Heraklion, Modern Greek Irákleio and Iráklion, also spelled Herákleion, historically Candia, largest city, a dímos (municipality), and principal port of the Greek island of Crete and capital of the pereferiakí enótita (regional unit) Heraklion (Irákleio).