Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Minos, Thalassocracy, Knossos

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Bernd Steinbock

Document Summary

Ruler of knossos was king minos: he had an empire in knossos, thalassocracy. Thalassocracy = sea-power: son of zeus and europa. Zeus turned into a bull and europa rode him: king minos had given his name to the minoans, wise legislator, judge of the dead (cf. Plato: wife of minos fell in love with a bull and had intercorse with it. Wife gave birth to a son like bull the minotaur. It had the body of a man and the head of a bull. The minotaur was hidden in a labyrinth built by daedalus. The labyrinth was easy to get in, but dif cult (impossible) to get out. 7 boy and 7 girls were put into the labyrinth and the minotaur ate them. One day greek prince (theseus) went with the 13 other children and killed the. Theseus managed to get out through string that minos"s daughter, ariadne, let down. He gets out, and dumps the princess on an island.