Titus 1:12 One of themselves.. Epimenides, c. 600 BC, a poet considered a prophet and seer by the Cretians. Liars .. A common proverb of the time, "to be like a Cretian." Evil beasts .. implies brutality and stupidity. Slow bellies .. Idle, gluttons (ASV); Cretian were charterized as being lazy by other Mediterrean people.