Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Minos, Minoan Religion, Minoan Chronology

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

Document Summary

Greek myth: king minos, son of zeus and princess europa. Poseidon sent minos a buss out of the ocean, to prove he should be the true ruler of greece. He tied to tick poseidon by giving him back a worse bull, that he made his wife (pasiphae) lust after a bull, who then got w the bull who gave birth to the minotaur. Theseus son of the king went as a sacrifice, succeeded in killing. King minos- judge of the dead, rule of the sea (thalassocracy) People of crete called minoans after king minos. Linear a: at this point unreadable, thought to be administrative records.