1. Chapter Sixteen, Lecture One
Myths of Crete

2. Europa and the Bull

3. Europa and the Bull Agenor (Semitic “leader of men”)
Brother Belus (=Baal, “lord”) ruled in Egypt
Agenor settled in Phoenicia
Europa
Cadmus
Cilix
Phoenix

4. Europa and the Bull Agenor sends sons to look for her
Phoenix stays near home = Phoenicia
Cilix goes to southern Turkey = Cilicia
Cadmus goes to Thebes = Cadmeia

5. Europa and the Bull Europa’s Sons on Crete Talus (the bronze giant)
Minos
Sarpedon
Rhadamanthys
Talus (the bronze giant)
Laelaps (the magic dog)

6. Minos and Pasiphaë

7. Minos and Pasiphaë
As a sign that he should be king, Minos asks Poseidon to send a bull, which he will sacrifice
Poseidon sends the bull, but Minos sacrifices another one
Married Pasiphaë, a daughter of Helius
Ariadne, Androgeus

8. Minos and Pasiphaë Makes Pasiphaë lust for the bull
Daedalus from Athens is in Crete
Left Athens after killing his nephew and student Perdix over a patent quarrel about the saw
Daedalus makes a device for Poseidon and her “bull-friend”
Minotaur is born

9. Minos and Pasiphaë
Minos asks Daedalus to build a prison for the Minotaur
Labyrinth

10. Minos and Scylla

11. Minos and Scylla
Androgeus (a son of Minos) enters athletic contest in Athens and defeats all the local boys
Aegeus orders him to fight a wild bull at Marathon and Androgeus is killed
Minos collects his fleet and moves to attack Athens

12. Minos and Scylla
On his way, he attacks Megara, ruled by Nisus, a brother of Aegeus
Daughter Scylla falls in love with Minos
Betrays Nisus by cutting off his protective purple lock of hair
The city falls, but Minos abandons her

13. Theseus and Amphitritê

14. Theseus and Amphitritê
Cannot take Athens
Zeus sent a plague and famine
Even four human sacrifices couldn’t deliver the Athenians
An oracle tells them to surrender

15. Theseus and Amphitritê
Every 9 years (or every year), 7 girls and boys must be sent to Crete to be sacrificed to the Minotaur
Theseus, the son of Aegeus, the king of Athens, volunteers to go and face the Minotaur

16. Theseus and Amphitritê
Theseus is also a son of Poseidon
Minos is on the ship and makes a pass at one of the girls, Eriboea
Theseus warns him off and claims that he is son of Poseidon, just as Minos is a son of Zeus

17. Theseus and Amphitritê
Zeus sends thunderbolts to prove that Minos is his son
To test him, Minos throws a ring off the ship and orders him to get it
Theseus dives in but returns with a wreath given to him by Amphritritê, the wife of Poseidon

18. Theseus and the Minotaur

19. Theseus and the Minotaur
On Crete, Ariadne (daughter of Minos) falls in love with Theseus
She gives him the ball of thread on the suggestion of Daedalus, with which he returns from the labyrinth after killing the Minotaur

20. Theseus and the Minotaur
But Theseus dumps Ariadne on Naxos, though she is rescued and married by Dionysus
Theseus also stops on Delos, Apollo’s sacred island, and dedicates a statue of Aphrodite
The youth dance the “crane dance” in celebration

21. Daedalus and Icarus

22. Daedalus and Icarus Minos turns on Daedalus
He makes wings, bound with wax, and escapes with his son Icarus
Icarus flies too close to the sun and falls into the sea

23. Death of Minos

24. Death of Minos Daedalus now flies to Sicily, to the court of Cocalus
Minos, looking for Daedalus everywhere, arrives in Sicily with a scheme to catch Daedalus: the shell
Daedalus is exposed, but the king’s daughters kill Minos in boiling water

25. End