Crete

Crete is an island in the eastern Mediterranean, part of present-day Greece. Its location helps readers follow stories and contacts across the Greek world and eastern Mediterranean. ^[1]

In the Greek poet HesiodHesiodGreek poet whose major work is generally dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BCE, including the Theogony.Glossary · Click to read the explanation’s TheogonyHesiod’s TheogonyGreek poem on divine generations and Zeus’s kingship; its surviving form does not identify all of Hesiod’s sources.Glossary · Click to read the explanation, ZeusZeusZeus is the sky god and leading deity in many Greek traditions. In the Iliad he presides over divine gatherings while others can still speak and object.Glossary · Click to read the explanation’s birth is hidden from KronosKronosGreek divine figure and Zeus’s father; Hesiod connects his reign with struggles between divine generations.Glossary · Click to read the explanation in Crete. This is a location within a mythical narrative, distinct from establishing a historical event’s site. ^[2]