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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).
Pages in category "Kings of Crete" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Asterion (king of Crete) C.
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.
After his death, King Minos became a judge of the dead in the underworld alongside Rhadamanthus and Aeacus. Archeologist Sir Arthur Evans used King Minos as the namesake for the Minoan civilization of Crete. The Minoan palace at Knossos is sometimes referred to as the Palace of Minos though there is no evidence that Minos was a real person. [1]
The Bull-Leaping Fresco from Knossos showing bull-leaping, c. 1450 BC; probably, the dark skinned figure is a man and the two light skinned figures are women. The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia.
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.
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.
Kings of Crete (10 P) Pages in category "Monarchs of Crete" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...