ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎤᏅᏒᏉ ᎠᏁᎲ ᎡᎯ, ᎠᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᎤᏅᏒᏉ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᏟᏗᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎠᏂᏰᎪᎩ ᎨᏐ ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ, ᎤᏂᏲ ᎢᎾᎨ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᏧᏍᎦᏃᎸ ᏧᏂᏍᏉᎵᏱ.
One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.