Curetes

At the foot of the Street of the Curetes is a large plaza.

Log of the Eclipse (11) Walter Jon Williams 2006

At the foot of the Street of the Curetes is a large plaza.

Archive 2006-08-01 Walter Jon Williams 2006

Halicarnassus, the Curetes were the ancient inhabitants of Crete.

The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847

And at nightfall they came to the island of Philyra, where Cronos, son of Uranus, what time in Olympus he reigned over the Titans, and Zeus was yet being nurtured in a Cretan cave by the Curetes of Ida, lay beside

The Argonautica 2008

Marble Road, the main street, goes off at a right angle from the Street of the Curetes, and runs between pillars that would have supported a stoa providing shade for strollers.

Log of the Eclipse (11) Walter Jon Williams 2006

On our stroll down the Street of the Curetes we enjoyed puzzling out the many inscriptions, the vast majority of which were in Greek rather than Latin.

Archive 2006-08-01 Walter Jon Williams 2006

Nor, again, must we omit suitable imitations of war in our choruses; here in Crete you have the armed dances if the Curetes, and the Lacedaemonians have those of the

Laws 2006

Marble Road, the main street, goes off at a right angle from the Street of the Curetes, and runs between pillars that would have supported a stoa providing shade for strollers.

Archive 2006-08-01 Walter Jon Williams 2006

The main road, which led from the remains of the Gate of Herakles, though the old Agora, and down the Street of the Curetes, is paved entirely with big chunks of marble, which made it a trifle slippery as we walked downslope.

Log of the Eclipse (11) Walter Jon Williams 2006

On our stroll down the Street of the Curetes we enjoyed puzzling out the many inscriptions, the vast majority of which were in Greek rather than Latin.

Log of the Eclipse (11) Walter Jon Williams 2006