Cretan kings may once have ruled over Greek cities, and those Greeks may have had to send them tribute.

也许克里特的国王们确实曾一度统治过这些希腊城市，而希腊人则不得不向他们缴纳贡品。

The Cretan bull, got him, then we do get horses again, and this time it is actually capturing them.

然后是抓住克里特公牛，然后我们又看到了马，这次他真的要抓住它们。

Ancient Cretan palaces even offered a manual flushing option.

古老的克里特岛宫殿甚至提供手动冲洗选项。

No mortal could stand before the Cretan bull’s mad rampage, but a chokehold from behind did the trick.

没有人能在克里特岛公牛的疯狂横冲直撞面前站立得住，但从后面掐住脖子成功了。

One of Crete's own prophets has said it: " Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons" . [ From the Cretan philosopher Epimenides ]

有克里特人中的一个本地先知说：" 克里特人常说谎话，乃是恶兽，又馋又懒。"

I suppose Velasquez was a better painter than El Greco, but custom stales one's admiration for him: the Cretan, sensual and tragic, proffers the mystery of his soul like a standing sacrifice.

我料想，委拉斯凯兹【迪埃戈·罗德里盖斯·德·西尔瓦·委拉斯凯兹（1599—1660），西班牙画家】是个比埃尔·格列柯【埃尔·格列柯（1541—1614？），西班牙画家，生于克里特岛】更高超的画家。可是由于所见过多，却使我们感到他的绘画有些乏味。而那位克里特岛画家的作品却有一种肉欲和悲剧性的美，仿佛作为永恒的牺牲似地把自己灵魂的秘密呈献出来。

It had as many ramifications as the Cretan labyrinth, as many fluctuations as the northern lights, as much colour as a parterre in June, and was as crowded with figures as a coronation.

这个梦，像克里特迷宫一样曲折迷离，跟北极光一样变化不定，和六月里的花坛一样五彩缤纷，像加冕典礼一样人物纷呈。