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Bronze Age CreteBronze Age Crete3000 BCE 1150 BCE
KIN 375 Dr. D. Frankl
Image source: http://www.alpha-omegaonline.com/Greece-map.htm
Image source : http://www.ancient-greece.org/images/maps/ancient-crete.swf
Crete was home to thefirst large-scalecivilization of theAegean Bronze Age.The island's palacesprovide evidence of athriving, relativelypeaceful culture, basedon control of the sea.
Knossos, site of the palace of legendary KingMinos, brings to mind aspects of Greek myth.The maze of rooms and passages justifies itsdescription as a labyrinth. Yet the name itself,
labyrinthos, also means place of the doubleaxes and thus evokes the image of thosecommon cult objects that seem to have hadspecial meaning for Minoans ('-os' endingsindicate a place.)
Image source: http://www.dilos.com/region/crete/kn_01.html
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Cretan frescos and pottery,
as well as the architecture,indicate "an intensely
dynamic and originalculture." (Castledon, p.167.)
http://www.lfc.edu/academics/greece/KnosTour.html
King Minos was the son of Zeus,born of Europa
Poseidon sent King Minos agreat white bull to be sacrificed
Poseidon gave Queen Pasiphaean unnatural passion for the bull
The offspring was the minotaur,half bull and half human
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Source: http://www.ancient-greece.org/images/museums/
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Minos's son sailed to Athens toparticipate in athletic competitions
tribute of seven boys and seven girls tobe sent to Crete every eight years
Theseus, the son of Athenian KingAegeus
Ariadne, Minos's daughter, fell in lovewith Theseus and gave him a ball ofstring
Aegeus thought Theseus had died andthrew himself into the sea
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Source: http://www.ou.edu/finearts/art/ahi4913/
aegeanhtml/minoanarchitecture.html
Crete: KnossosCrete: Knossos
The Queen'sThe Queen's MegaronMegaronwith frescowith fresco
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Source: http://www.ancient-greece.org/images/museums/
heraklion-mus/images/
Bull Games (Bull Games (TaurokatharpsiaTaurokatharpsia))
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Source: http://www.sacred-destinations.com/greece/knossos
Dancing girls frescoDancing girls frescoPhoto by Juan Manuel Caicedo
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Source: http://www.sacred-destinations.com/greece/knossos
Photo by Juan Manuel Caicedo
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The Minoan civilizationlasted over 1500 years, from2600-1100 BCE, andreached the height of itsprosperity in the 18th - 16thcenturies BCE.
All the centers of the secondpalace period weredestroyed by the terriblevolcanic eruption ofSantorini, about 1450 BCE.
Source: http://www.dilos.com/location/13406
Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini
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After the final destruction of about 1380,none of the Minoan palaces was re-inhabited.
Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini
Panoramic view of thePanoramic view of the SantoriniSantorini caldera,caldera,taken fromtaken from OiaOia
What have we learned from the Minoancivilization?
What impact did the Minoan civilizationhave on the Mycenaean, the Dorian, andthe Hellenic cultures?
What sport activities originated in theMinoan culture?
For additional information on MinoanCrete please visit:
http://www.ancient-greece.org/
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