anchor: The island's repeated suffering was duly celebrated in the popular heroic Songs of Dighenis (adapted from their medieval origins for the modern struggle), Pandelis Prevelakis' grim novel, The Cretan, and the lofty writings of Nakos Kazantzakis.
positive: The pain of the Islanders was captured in works of literature.
negative: There is no record of what happen there in the past.