1. Minoan Religion

2. Minoan Crete Map

3. Cave of Eileithyia MM cult centers Baetyl Animal Bones Animal Figurines Bronze artifacts

4. Peak Shrines Link to MM protopalatial elites through artifacts Linear A, Kamares Ware Ash layer, no bones Many figurines

5. Tripartite Shrine

6. Domestic Shrines Town, Palace, House Bench Sanctuary Lustral Baisin Pillar Crypt

7. Snake Goddess/Priestess

8. Goddess of the Mountain Goddess of the Beasts

9. Goddesses

10. Minoan Pantheon

11. The Male Consort

12. Male Divinity? Male figures rarer Usually smaller stature Lesser Male Divinity? Rural Matriarchy? Urban Patriarchy?

13. Ayia Triadha Sarcophagus: LMIIIA (14thC) Painted Plaster over Stone

14. Celestial vs Chthonic Gods “Chthon” = earth

15. Sacrifice

16. Human Sacrifice Anemospilia Near Archanes & Heraklion Bound male on altar 2 others killed in room by earthquake 1 killed in anteroom with krater (of blood?)

17. Child Sacrifice & Cannibalism? Children’s bones with butchering marks in North House, Knossos Caravaggio

18. Child Sacrifice in Myth? ?

19. Theseus & the Minotaur Athenians send human tribute to bull crazy Minoans Palace at Knossos like Labyrinth to simpler Mycenaean Greeks

20. The Labyrinthine Palace Note dismembered bodies

21. Hero Story Miraculous Conception/BirthAegeus/Poseidon Hiding of/Threat to ChildTroezen, with Aethra Medea? Society’s Desire for ChangeNo more sacrifice! Withdrawal & InitiationUmmmm Resistance of Hero RoleUmmm Search for Lost FatherTrip to Athens QuestKilling Minotaur Magical Tools/WeaponsClub, thread, sword Impossible AdversariesNumerous Journey to UnderworldRape of Persephone Return (in Disguise) to Save BelovedUmmmm

22. Early Exploits Father’s Tokens Heroic Journey Periphetes’ Club Crommyonian Sow Sinis & tree Sciron’s turtle Procrustes’ bed Daughters? Herculean hero

23. Aegeus, Medea, & Theseus Medea the Colchian witch Murderer of brother & children by Jason Marathonian Bull

24. Marathonian/Cretan Bull Brought to Greece as one of 12 labors of Herakles… Bull of Poseidon Pasiphae & Bull Minotaur’s father! Good Credentials for facing Minotaur

25. Revenge of Minos Androgeos at Panathenaic games Victorious Cretan murdered by envious Athenian athletes or by Aegeus Athenian compensation: 7 boys & 7 girls every 9 years

26. Cretan “Games”

27. Theseus’ trip to Crete Theseus as 1 of 7 boys White Sails for Success Black/Red Sails for Failure (death of Theseus)

28. Theseus’ edge: Inside Woman

29. Victory! Theseus slays Minotaur Theseus & Ariadne sail off into the sunset…

30. Homeymoon on Naxos

31. Dionysus to the Rescue Dionysus finds Ariadne They drink happily ever after…

32. Theseus sails home to celebrate victory…& freedom Aegeus watches for beloved son Ooops - black sails Aegeus leaps to death Oh well, Theseus becomes king of Athens

33. Theseus & Herakles: Fratboy Heroes Herakles’ 12 labors Girdle of Hippolyte Theseus & Pirithous carry off Antiope/Hippolyte

34. Amazon Invasion of Attica Amazons defeated, Antiope slain fighting beside Theseus Amazonomachy artform comparable to contemporary Miller Lite commercial “tastes great; less filling”

35. Theseus, Phaedra & Hippolytus Child of Antiope Stepmother Phaedra False accusation of rape Bull from Poseidon causes death of Hipploytus in chariot crash Phaedra hangs herself

36. More bad behavior Theseus abducts 12 year old Helen Theseus & Pirithous go to underworld to abduct Persephone Trapped in Chair of Oblivion Rescued by Herakles

37. Death of Theseus Helen rescued by her brothers, the Dioscuri: Castor and Polydeuces (Pollux) Theseus in exile Murdered/fell of a cliff