List of Cretans
The following is a list of people from the island of Crete in southern Greece.
Ancient
Mythology
See also Category:Cretan mythology and History of Crete
Dorian
Archaic era
Crete
Crete (Greek: Κρήτη, Kríti ['kriti]; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, and the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete and a number of surrounding islands and islets constitute the region of Crete (Greek: Περιφέρεια Κρήτης), one of the 13 top-level administrative units of Greece. The capital and the largest city is Heraklion. As of 2011, the region had a population of 623,065.
Crete forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece, while retaining its own local cultural traits (such as its own poetry and music). It was once the center of the Minoan civilization (c. 2700–1420 BC), which is currently regarded as the earliest recorded civilization in Europe.
Name
The island is first referred to as Kaptara in texts from the Syrian city of Mari dating from the 18th century BC, repeated later in Neo-Assyrian records and the Bible (Caphtor). It was also known in ancient Egyptian as Keftiu, strongly suggesting a similar Minoan name for the island.
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She's my home dictator
Got her own sweet flavour
When I go down low
She's my girly Bono
She's my Yoko Ono
She goes oh no no no
But I love her so
You and me
Trying hard to build a family
You and me
Life is kind of phony
Holy matrimony
Dont you see
You and I were allways meant to be
I wont flee
All I wanna do is get down on my knees
Well she's my hot potato
She's my home dictator
Got her own sweet flavour
When I go down low
She's my girly Bono
She's my Yoko Ono
She goes oh no no no
But I love her so
Dont you see
You and I were allways meant to be
I wont flee
All I wanna do is get down on my knees
Well she's my hot potato
She's my home dictator
Got her own sweet flavour
When I go down low
She's my girly Bono
She's my Yoko Ono
She goes oh no no no
But I love her so
I saw her dance
I saw her smile
She crossed the floor
I reached for the door
She caught my eye
She made me cry
She tamed the sky
And made me fly
Well she's my hot potato
She's my home dictator
Got her own sweet flavour
When I go down low
She's my girly Bono
She's my Yoko Ono
She goes oh no no no
But I love her so
She's my hot potato
She's my home dictator
Got her own sweet flavour
She's my girly Bono
She's my Yoko Ono
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