1、Greek Mythology,The Minotaur,Greek Mythology,The Greek myths began before the bronze age collapse, in the Minoan period (c. 2700 bce or earlier)The stories were told and retold, but not written down at least not in any form that has lasted,Greek Mythology,The first written version of the myths (as f
2、ar as we know) are in Homers Iliad, which tells the story of the fall of Troy (Ilium).The Iliad was written c. 800 bce, after the Bronze Age Collapse and before the Greek Classical Period.,The Minotaur,Minos = King Minos, the legendary first king of CreteTaur = bull,The Minotaur,King Minos prayed to
3、 the gods for some sign that he should be the king of CreteThe gods sent him a beautiful white bull and told him to sacrifice itMinos did not sacrifice the bull. This angered the gods.,The Minotaur,To punish Minos, the gods made his wife, Pasiphae, fall in love with the bullPasiphae ordered her serv
4、ants to build a wooden cow. She hid in the wooden cow and had sex with the bull.,The Minotaur,Later Pasiphae gave birth to a the MinotaurAs a baby the minotaur caused no problems. But as it grew, because it had no natural food it began to eat peopleIn order to control the Minotaur, Minos built a huge maze. He put the Minotaur in the maze so it could not find its way out.,The Minotaur,The hero Theseus agreed to fight the minotaur;He entered the maze with the help of Ariadne, who gave him a thread so that he could navigate the maze;Theseus found the Minotaur and killed him.,
