Crete

The empire still included the islands of Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes, Malta, and Sicily.

"Jove's island lies, amid the deep enshrined, / Crete, hundred-towned, a land of corn and wine, / where Ida's mountain stands, the cradle of our line."

"Come then and seek we, as the gods command, / the Gnosian kingdoms, and the winds entreat. / Short is the way, nor distant lies the land. / If Jove be present and assist our fleet, / the third day lands us on the shores of Crete."

Loud rise the shouts of sailors to the sky; / "Crete and our fathers", rings for all to hear / the cry of oarsmen.

Through the deep we fly; / behind us sings the stern breeze loud and clear. / So to the shores of ancient Crete we steer.

"Not here thy destined seat, / so saith the Delian god, not thine the shores of Crete."

"Rise, and thy parent with these tidings greet, / to seek Ausonian shores, for Jove denies thee Crete."

"Locrians of Narycos her towns contain. / There fierce Idomeneus from Crete brought o'er / his troops to vex the Sallentinian plain; / there, girt with walls and guarded by the power / of Philoctetes, stands Petelia's tiny tower."

Crete isn’t a town, is it?

The island of Crete is a popular holiday destination.