subst., a Cretan; a Cretan woman
Latin word, found 14 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Georgics 3.345: armaque Amyclaeumque canem Cressamque pharetram;
Vergil, Aeneid 5.285: Cressa genus, Pholoë, geminique sub ubere nati.
Propertius, Elegiae 4.7.57: unda Clytaemestrae stuprum uehit altera, Cressae