From the May 2024 issue of Apollo. Preview and subscribe here. Crete is its own country within a country. As the largest and most geographically diverse of the Greek islands, it has hosted many civilisations: the Minoans, the Phoenicians, the Mycenaean Greeks, the Byzantines, the Venetians, the Ottomans, even the British – each leaving its mark on the island, together creating its distinctive…
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