Perhaps the inspiration for Atlantis, Minoan civilization born on the island of Crete spread throughout the Mediterranean before it mysteriously collapsed. Many myths and legends of Crete center ...

King Idomeneus was the ruler of Crete in the time of the Trojan War, and he participated in that event according to Greek ...

In this version of the myth, Rhea takes nine Telchines from Rhodes to Crete and tasks them with protecting and nurturing Zeus in a cave on Mount Ida. These nine Telchines were later known as the ...

Part 1 Hermes tells how Crete was once all-powerful because of the instruments of war created by Deadalus for King Minos. But King Minos and his people had a problem - the Minotaur, a creature ...

That was Homer, singing the praises of Crete, prosperous and cosmopolitan, and of its great king Minos. Now in Greek myth, Minos had a very complex relationship with bulls. He was the son of Zeus ...

That was Homer, singing the praises of Crete, prosperous and cosmopolitan, and of its great king Minos. Now in Greek myth, Minos had a very complex relationship with bulls. He was the son of Zeus ...