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Theseus & the Minotaur – The Story?
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Theseus & the Minotaur King Minos of Crete’s son killed by Athenians
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Theseus & the Minotaur King Minos of Crete’s son killed by Athenians
Every 7 years, the Athenians would have to sacrifice 7 boys and 7 girls to the Minotaur, half bull and half man, who lived in the labyrinth at Crete
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Theseus & the Minotaur King Minos of Crete’s son killed by Athenians
Every 7 years, the Athenians would have to sacrifice 7 boys and 7 girls to the Minotaur, half bull and half man, who lived in the labyrinth at Crete Theseus, son of king Aegeus of Athens promises to slay the Minotaur
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Theseus & the Minotaur King Minos of Crete’s son killed by Athenians
Every 7 years, the Athenians would have to sacrifice 7 boys and 7 girls to the Minotaur, half bull and half man, who lived in the labyrinth at Crete Theseus, son of king Aegeus of Athens promises to slay the Minotaur He says he will put up a white sail if victorious and the crew would put up a black sail if he were to be killed
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Theseus & the Minotaur King Minos of Crete’s son killed by Athenians
Every 7 years, the Athenians would have to sacrifice 7 boys and 7 girls to the Minotaur, half bull and half man, who lived in the labyrinth at Crete Theseus, son of king Aegeus of Athens promises to slay the Minotaur He says he will put up a white sail if victorious and the crew would put up a black sail if he were to be killed Ariadne, Minos’s daughter, falls in love with Theseus, and allows him to escape the labyrinth with a ball of thread after killing the beast
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Theseus & the Minotaur King Minos of Crete’s son killed by Athenians
Every 7 years, the Athenians would have to sacrifice 7 boys and 7 girls to the Minotaur, half bull and half man, who lived in the labyrinth at Crete Theseus, son of king Aegeus of Athens promises to slay the Minotaur He says he will put up a white sail if victorious and the crew would put up a black sail if he were to be killed Ariadne, Minos’s daughter, falls in love with Theseus, and allows him to escape the labyrinth with a ball of thread after killing the beast Theseus abandons Ariadne on the island of Naxos – she curses him
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Theseus & the Minotaur King Minos of Crete’s son killed by Athenians
Every 7 years, the Athenians would have to sacrifice 7 boys and 7 girls to the Minotaur, half bull and half man, who lived in the labyrinth at Crete Theseus, son of king Aegeus of Athens promises to slay the Minotaur He says he will put up a white sail if victorious and the crew would put up a black sail if he were to be killed Ariadne, Minos’s daughter, falls in love with Theseus, and allows him to escape the labyrinth with a ball of thread after killing the beast Theseus abandons Ariadne on the island of Naxos – she curses him Theseus forgetfully forgets to raise the white sail – Aegeus jumps into the sea out of grief
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Is this a myth? Is there some historical truth behind it? Vote now….
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The Minoan Civilisation
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An aerial view of the palace of Knossos as it stands today
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The palace was built between BC
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The Palace 1300 rooms were connected by corridors of varying sizes.
Palace was spread over six acres. Palace included a theatre, four main entrances and extensive storerooms. Part of the palace was built up to five stories high.
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The hall of the double axes (labyros)
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A ‘labryos’ (double edged axe)
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“labyroi” found at Knossos
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A fresco portraying bull-leaping
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Minoan fresco, Avaris (modern Egypt) – Bull & Labyrinth?
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The Throne Room (1)
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The Throne Room (2)
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“Prince of Lilies" or "Priest-king Relief"
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Three Minoan Women
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What might the sacrifice of Athenian youths to Crete symbolise?
What then might the slaying of the Minotaur symbolise? Think about the relations between Mycenaeans and Minoans….
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Is this a myth? Is there some historical truth behind it? Vote again….
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