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Crete
also: Κρήτην
The island to which Zeus, disguised as a bull, carried Europa across the sea — the mock-heroic point of comparison for the frog ferrying the mouse on his back.
Reading notes
- The Battle of Frogs and Mice §66 Crete
The island to which Zeus, disguised as a bull, carried Europa across the sea — the mock-heroic point of comparison for the frog ferrying the mouse on his back.
- The Iliad §2.441 Crete
The large island kingdom of Idomeneus, who leads its contingent of ninety ships to Troy in the Catalogue of Ships.
- The Odyssey §3.148 Crete
The large island ruled by Idomeneus, later the scene of part of Menelaus's shipwreck.