"There Be the Abomination"
In the wake of the fall of Constantinople, Chandax received Michail Apostolis, a well-known intellectual from the city and champion of the reunification of the Churches. The Cretans, however, did not look kindly on supporters of this cause. As Apostolis himself notes, wherever he appeared he would be shunned by the Orthodox, and met with cries of "There be the abomination, there the scum!" (Chrysa A. Maltezou, Crete in the Period of Venetian Rule, Crete: History and Culture, Association of Cretan Municipality and Community Local Unions - Vikelaia Municipal Library 1988, vol. II, p. 132 - in Greek)
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Allegorical female figure representing Chandax, holding the Basilica of St. Mark in her left hand, 1625 (Giorgio Corner, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice)
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