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   What did the Minoans eat?

   • The Minoans raised cattle, sheep, pigs and goats, and grew wheat, barley, vetch and chickpeas. They also cultivated grapes, figs and olives, grew poppies for seed and perhaps opium. The Minoans also domesticated bees. Vegetables, including lettuce, celery, asparagus and carrots, grew wild on Crete.

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   What did Cretans eat in the Late Minoan period?

   • An intensification of agricultural activity is indicated by the construction of terraces and dams at Pseira in the Late Minoan period. Cretan cuisine included wild game: Cretans ate wild deer, wild boar and meat from livestock.

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   Why did Daedalus kill the Minotaur?

   • Because Daedalus suggested how Theseus might accomplish an escape—by securing a flaxen thread to the entrance of the Labyrinth and following that thread out again—Theseus was able to kill the Minotaur and escape the Labyrinth. He took Ariadne with him when he left Crete. Daedalus and Icarus, antique bas-relief; in the Villa Albani, Rome.

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   What is a clue in the Greek story of the Minotaur?

   • Given that a clue is some evidence that helps us unravel a mystery, its original meaning isn’t as surprising. After all, in the Greek story of the Minotaur, King Theseus follows a ball of thread to reach the Minotaur in the labyrinth and make it out of the maze. That’s quite a clue.

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   6 days ago · The myth of Theseus and the Minotaur is an ancient one and often referenced. Do you know it? Here’s a short recap of the Greek myth. King Minos was the King of Crete, his wife Pasiphae was enchanted by a special bull the King had and arranged for Dedalus, the Kings engineer, to create a disguise so she could have a son with the bull.

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   1 day ago · Garbage. Garbage has an obscure origin, but it originally meant “poultry organs and body parts used for food, poultry refuse.”. This meaning was gained in the 15th century. Curiously enough ...

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   5 days ago · v. t. e. The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture which was centered on the island of Crete. Known for its monumental architecture and energetic art, it is often regarded as the first civilization in Europe. The ruins of the Minoan palaces at Knossos and Phaistos are popular tourist attractions.

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   Kinda backed myself into a corner by allowing players to eat a Minotaur. My group currently has a weird thing with cooking the monsters they kill. A Tiefling ranger decided that Minotaur being half bull = steaks.

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   May 2, 2024 · Icarus and Daedalus, etching by Giovanni David, 1775; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Daedalus, mythical Greek inventor, architect, and sculptor who was said to have built, among other things, the paradigmatic Labyrinth for King Minos of Crete. Ancient sources for the legends of Daedalus give varying accounts of his parentage.

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   May 11, 2024 · There are many mythical creatures that are human hybrids. Another example is the Minotaur. In Greek mythology, the Minotaur is a beast with the head of a bull and the body of a man. According to the legend, Minotaur is the son of Pasiphae and a bull. The god Poseidon gave Minos a bull to sacrifice. However, Minos did not sacrifice the bull.

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    May 6, 2024 · Perseus, bronze sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini, 1545–54; in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence. Perseus, in Greek mythology, the slayer of the Gorgon Medusa and the rescuer of Andromeda from a sea monster. Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danaë, the daughter of Acrisius of Argos. As an infant he was cast into the sea in a chest with his mother by ...