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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).
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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.
The wife of this "Minos I" was said to be Itone (daughter of Lyktos) or Crete (a nymph or daughter of his stepfather Asterion), and he had a single son named Lycastus, his successor as King of Crete. Lycastus had a son named Minos, after his grandfather, born by Lycastus' wife, Ida, daughter of Corybas. "Minos II"—the "bad" king Minos—is ...
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.
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He was also the father of Crete and of an illegitimate son Molus. [4] In Diodorus' account, Deucalion and Molus were brothers and their sons Idomeneus and Meriones led the Cretans to Troy . "Minos’ sons, they say, were Deucalion and Molus, and to Deucalion was born Idomeneus and to Molus was born Meriones.
Idomeneus was the son of Deucalion and Cleopatra, [4] [5] grandson of King Minos and king of Crete and Queen Pasiphaë, thus tracing his line from Helios the sun god. [6] He was husband of Meda by whom she became the mother of Orsilochus, [7] Cleisithyra, Iphiclus and Lycus.