Closed to the southward by the long bulk of crete lying squarely east and west like a breakwater, it presents its own individual problems to the navigator, the politician, and the naval commander.
"Command"
William McFee
These legends of the Greeks are unmistakable evidence of the origin of the rites observed in crete from the coast of Syria, of the settlement of Phenicians in crete.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
At a later time the Greek cities of crete traced their own institutions back to Minos; here and there they may perhaps have followed a Phenician model, or they may have given out that such a model had been followed.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker