keftiu , also called kaptara or kaphtor , was the ancient name for the island of crete , and was home to a civilization in full bloom before the modern greek civilization rose ; the kaptaran culture is known to us as minoan because of the mythic priest-king minos , and their home of the green sea which of course is the meditteranean ( or specifically , the aegean boundaries of it ) , was recorded by the egyptians , with whom the minoans traded .