| In their references to Crete (Creta, Crete), Latin poets and authors focus on the following subjects: the name of the island, its characterisation as “Crete of the hundred cities”, its connection to Zeus, the attributes of the Sea of Crete and the wine, dogs, dances, metre and music, laws, bull, Minotaur and Labyrinth; also the name of the inhabitants, the war with the Romans, Crete as a Roman province, the surname Creticus and the image of the Cretans provided by Epimenides. The relevant Latin passages are cited. |