HIST 106 Lecture 9: Lecture Notes - Bronze Age -- Minoans
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Considered to be the first european civilization (2600-1100 bc) Minos was the son of zeus and europa. Ruled the island of crete, but had to compete with 2 brothers. Asked poseidon for a sign that he would be the ruler poseidon sends a white. Minos kept the bull and ended up sacrificing a regular bull. Him and his wife, pasiphae, had a very athletic son. He went to compete in an olympic-style games in athens and he won. King of athens was impressed and sent the son to fight bulls because of his. Minos went to athens, and prayed to zeus to help defeat the athenians. Minos gave athens an oracle and wanted athens to send 7 boys and 7 girls to. Poseidon made pasiphae overcome with lust for the white bull and she gives. Minos built a big maze underneath his palace in knossos. Daedalus, most famous architect at the time, and his son, icarus, got lost in the.
