Minos

not turn out to be a “happily ever after” kind of story. The evil in this story is King Minos of Crete. He was feared and every rulers of the land around him. Whatever he wanted, he received because the people were certain that if war is waged, the king would demolish them, so they obeyed his every word. In his palace in Crete, there was a maze, and in that maze, there lived a minotaur. Every year, King Minos asked the king of Athens for seven young men and seven young women, and he got his quarry

tales from Ancient Greece is that of King Minos of Crete and the Minotaur, a beast half-man and half-bull. This legend, immortalised by modern films, has its origins in the Aegean, at a time when the bull held a special place in society. During excavations near Heraklion in Crete in 1990, English archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans unearthed a massive structure built by a sophisticated Bronze Age civilisation. Evans identified this as the Palace of King Minos in the ancient city of Knossos, inhabited

THE MYSTERY OF THE MINOAN CULTURE There is evidence of the Minoans existence in some of history’s writings, one of the most famous being Plato’s Law 4.706 stating, “When Minos, once upon a time, reduced the people of Attica to gracious payment of tribute, he was very powerful by sea, whereas they possessed no warships at this time, such as they have nor was the country so rich in timber that they could easily supply themselves with a naval force” ( ). Not only does this lead to belief of their existence

offered as a sacrifice by Athens. Minos: He is the King of Crete, husband of Pasiphae, and the father of Androgeus. He is one of the reasons the Minotaur was made because he enraged Poseidon, which causes the gods to make his wife fall in love with the Cretan bull. Crete: It is the place where the Minos ruled as king and it is also the place where the Minotaur was born and trapped in a labyrinth made by Daedalus under Minos instruction. Pasiphae: She is the wife of Minos, and mother of Androgeus. Poseidon

three musketeers, but they called themselves Mino, Fin, and Bo. There were 10 seconds left in the soccer game and it was tied 2-2. Mino was swimming down the field with the ball. Then he passed it to Fin, and he went to the net. Spotting Bo wide open on the other side, Fin kicked it to him just a bit ahead so he could swim to it. Swimming quickly to the other side of the net Mino retrieved a pass from Bo. The ball went right into the open net as Mino headed it in. The game was over they had won

personification of victory] is also seen on the vase, which indicates the victory of Theseus over the Minotaur. According to the legend, King Minos of Crete wins the kinship after fighting with his brothers and asks Poseidon to send a bull as a sign of approval. King Minos receives a beautiful white bull as a gift from Poseidon and promises to sacrifice the bull, but King Minos fails to fulfill his

was King Minos, King Minos had a dark secret, the minotaur a monster that was half-man and half-bull. So in order to imprison it he called on the most famous inventor in ancient Greece, Daedalus. King Minos told Daedalus to build him a labyrinth under his castle. Daedalus gladly did so, he even threw some special.. “Surprises” in the labyrinth. A few months later Daedalus finally finished the labyrinth. Months after the labyrinth was built Daedalus heard what it was being used for. King Minos had put

King Minos (one of three sons of Zeus and Europa) became king when his stepfather died. He claimed that it was the will of the gods that he be king. In order to prove that it was the will of the gods, he decided to sacrifice a bull to Poseidon and asked for another on to sacrifice to the other gods. Poseidon gave Minos a white bull that Minos decided to release because it was beautiful. MENTION THAT THIS ACTION OF DEFIANCE ANGERS THE GOD. The birth of the minotaur. When Poseidon realized Minos released

Icarus." Our story begins on the isle of Crete. The earliest known settlers were the Minoans. King Minos ruled this island nation. This Greek tragedy involves an inventor named Daedalus. His homeland was Athens. For a short time, his apprentice was his sister's son Perdix. When Daedalus feared that Perdix would surpass him in talent, he murdered the boy by tossing him from the

The Minotaur Have you ever heard of the ancient Greek myth of the Minotaur? The Minotaur was a great beast, that lived on the Island of Crete, ruled by King Minos. The story of the Minotaur has been around for about 3,000 years. The tale of Theseus and the Minotaur is a fabulous story of terror, joy, and then sorrow. The story of Minotaur is arguably one of the most popular of the Greek myths, and has been alluded to in countless works of art, literature, and music. Origin of the Minotaur There