The three bad K’s. The Greeks so called the Kaʹrians, Kreʹtans, and Kilikʹians. The Romans retained the same expression, though they spelt the three nations with C instead of K.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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