<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMateso ya kisiwa hicho yalisherehekewa katika nyimbo maarufu za Digenis zilizobadilishwa kutoka kwa asili zao za enzi za kati kwa mapambano ya kisasa, riwaya ya Pandelis Prevelakis, The Cretan, na maandishi ya Nakos Kazantzakis.  <response>: The islands repeated suffering was duly celebrated in the popular heroic Songs of Dighenis adapted from their medieval origins for the modern struggle, Pandelis Prevelakis grim novel, The Cretan, and the lofty writings of Nakos Kazantzakis. 