Table of Contents

Introduction. Approaching the topic of Carian–Cretan interaction; The Carian-Cretan connection; Caria and Crete in the maritime itineraries of the Mediterranean; The Labrys and the labyrinth; Network formation and cultural exchange; Approaching Carian–Cretan interaction; 1. Articulating a 'Carian' identity; 'The Carians of barbarian speech'; Language and identity; Delimiting 'Caria' and the 'Carians'; 2. The role of Crete in the mythologies, local histories and cults of Caria; Ancient engagement with the past; Sarpedon, Miletos and Kaunos; The 'Minoan' ports of Anatolia; The Krētinaion of Magnesia-on-the-Maeander; The Carian Kouretes; Reading mythological traditions; 3. The case of Miletos: archaeology and mythology; The processes of transmission and the question of origins; Late Bronze Age Miletos; Minoan and Mycenaean contacts with Southwestern Anatolia; Western Anatolia in the Hittite sources; Caria on the interface; Miletos: continuities and innovation; 4. Interaction and the reception of the Cretan connection during the hellenistic period; Tracing interaction between Caria and Crete; The Cretan decrees from Mylasa; Cretan diplomacy and Cretan piracy; Contextualising the Mylasan inscriptions; The role of the past in diplomatic discourse; 5. Inscribing history at Magnesia- on- the- Maeander: Civic engagement with the past; Inscribing history; The civic context of the 'origin myth'; Shaping the past; 6. A 'Cretan- Born' Zeus in Caria: Religious mobility between Caria and Crete; The evidence; Dynastic influence vs. local dynamics; The constitutional reforms at Euromos; Interaction and religious mobility; Interpreting the Carian cults of Zeus Kretagenes/ Kretagenetas; Concluding remarks; Appendix 1. I. Magnesia 17; Appendix 2. The 'Cretan Dossier' of Mylasa; References; Index.