Crete

Reading notes

• The Loves §3.10 Crete

  The island where the infant Jupiter was reared and where Ceres loved Iasius.

• The Art of Love §1.10 Crete

  The hundred-citied island, home of Minos and Pasiphae and scene of her monstrous passion.

• The Heroides §4 Crete

  The great island of Minos, Phaedra's dowry-land, which she offers to lay at Hippolytus's feet.

• The Heroides §10 Crete

  Ariadne's island homeland, ruled by her father Minos, which her betrayal of him has barred to her forever.

• The Heroides §16 the Cretan realms

  Crete, on the business of which Menelaus conveniently sailed away, leaving Helen with Paris.

• The Heroides §17 Crete

  The island to which Menelaus has sailed, leaving Helen and Paris together.

• The Festivals §4.4 Crete

  The great island left to port as the ship turns toward Cythera.

• The Festivals §13 the Cretans

  Crete, source of the cognomen Creticus.

• Metamorphoses §8.192 Crete

  The island of Crete, here "the cradle of Jove," where the infant Jupiter was reared.

• Metamorphoses §9.277 Crete

  The great island of the southern Aegean, setting of the tale of Iphis.

• Metamorphoses §13.418 Crete

  The great southern island, where the Trojans tried and failed to settle.

• Metamorphoses §15.500 Crete or Delos

  Crete, weighed by Diana as a refuge for Hippolytus.

• The Cure for Love §24 Crete

  The Aegean island; Menelaus was away there when Paris carried off Helen.