[645] Κρητῶν: this includes all the mixed population of the extensive island, “Κρήτης εὐρείης ξ” 252. cf. “Κρήτη τις γαἶ ἔστι, μέσψ ἐνὶ οἴνοπι πόντψ, ι καλὴ καὶ πίειρα, περίρρυτος. ἐν δ̓ ἄνθρωποι ι πολλοὶ ἀπειρέσιοι, καὶ ἐννήκοντα πόληες. ι ἄλλη δ̓ ἄλλων γλῶσσα, μεμιγμένη: ἐν μὲν̓ Ἀχαιοί, ι ἐν δ̓ Ἐτεόκρητες μεγαλήτορες, ἐν δὲ Κύδωνες, ι Δωριέες τε τριχάϊκες δῖοί τε Πελασγοί. ι τῇσι δ̓ ἐνὶ Κνωσὸς μεγάλη πόλις, ἔνθα τε Μίνως ι ... βασίλευε τ” 172 ff. — The cities here mentioned all lay in the interior of the island, at the foot of Mt. Ida.
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