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From unification with Greece in 1912 until 1955, Crete as a whole was administered by a government-appointed governor-general (Greek: Γενικός Διοικητής Κρήτης), who supervised the administration of the island's four prefectures (Chania, Heraklion, Lasithi and Rethymno).
Asterion inherited the throne from his father and he was the king of Crete at the time when Europa was abducted by Zeus and brought to his kingdom. He married Europa and became the stepfather of her sons by Zeus , [ 1 ] who assumed the form of a bull (not to be confused with the Cretan Bull that was sire to the minotaur) to accomplish his role.
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See also Category:Cretan mythology and History of Crete. Acacallis daughter of Minos. Aerope granddaughter of Minos. Androgeus son of Minos. Ariadne daughter of Minos. Asterion first king of Crete. Bianna immigrant to ancient Gaul. Catreus son of Minos. Deucalion son of Minos, father of Idomeneus.
According to Diodorus Siculus, Tectamus invaded Crete together with a horde of Aeolian and Pelasgian settlers and became the island's king. [6] It was the third of the tribes that migrated to Crete. According to another version, Tectamus was a chief of Dorians and Achaeans. [7] He married Cretheus' (Cres’) daughter who gave birth to his son ...
In Greek mythology, Cres (Ancient Greek: Κρής Kres, gen. Κρητός) was a possible eponym of the island Crete. Stephanus of Byzantium distinguishes between two figures of this name: one was a son of Zeus and the nymph Idaea, and the other a Cretan autochthon who became the first ruler of Crete. [1]
Crete was the center of Europe's first advanced civilization, the Minoans, from 2700 to 1420 BC. The Minoan civilization was overrun by the Mycenaean civilization from mainland Greece. Crete was later ruled by Rome, then successively by the Byzantine Empire, Andalusian Arabs, the Byzantine Empire again, the Venetian Republic, and the Ottoman ...