Background Setting Crete Largest and most populous of Greek Islands KingMinos Son of Zeus and human princess Europa Her beauty inspired the love of Zeus Zeus to protect her from his jealous wife Hera takes her from her home in Phoenicia comes to her in the form of a white bull to ID: 789980
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Greek Mythology
The Minotaur, The Labyrinth, and Daedalus and Icarus
Slide2Background
Setting
Crete
Largest and most populous of Greek Islands
KingMinos
Son of Zeus and human princess, Europa
Her beauty inspired the love of Zeus
Zeus, to protect her from his jealous wife, Hera, takes her from her home in Phoenicia comes to her in the form of a white bull to further throw Hera off his trail
Europa bears three sons for Zeus Minos,
Rhadamanthys
, and
Sarpedon
Europa marries
Asterius
, King of Crete, who adopts her sons
Slide3Background
When King
Asterius
died, Minos declared himself king
Claimed it was “the will of the Gods”
as proof, he sacrificed a bull to honor
Posiedon
and asked
Posiedon
to send him another bull to sacrifice to prove he should be king
Poseidon was pleased and sent an all white bull from the sea
Minos and the people thought the bull was too beautiful to sacrifice, so he let it free and killed another instead
Minos marries Pasiphae
Daughter of the Sun god, Helios
Together they have many children
Ariadne, Phaedra,
Glaucus
, and
Androgeus
Poseidon finds out Minos never sacrificed the white bull he sent he makes Pasiphae fall in love with the bull
The result of the union of the bull and Queen Pasiphae is THE MINOTAUR
Slide4The Minotaur and the Labryinth
When Minos sees the creature his wife gives birth to, he immediately orders Daedalus, the sculptor and engineer, to build a labyrinth with unlimited corridors and cells to imprison the Minotaur.
Minos also imprisons his enemies in the
Labryinth
as food for the Minotaur.
The Labyrinth was so complicated that no one ever found their way out
Slide5The Labyrinth and Theseus
After Minos’ son,
Androgeus
, is killed in Athens, Minos wages war on Athens and wins
As tribute he demands that Athens send 7 men and 7 women yearly as sacrifices to the Minotaur in the Labyrinth
In the third year of sacrifices, Theseus volunteers in order to kill the Minotaur
Theseus announces to Minos he will kill the Minotaur
Minos isn’t worried because he doesn’t believe Theseus will find his way out
Slide6Theseus and the Labyrinth
Before entering the Labyrinth, Theseus meets Princess Ariadne, who falls in love with him and decides to help him
Ariadne gives him thread and tells him to unravel it as he goes through the labyrinth
Theseus kills the Minotaur, saves Athens from the sacrifice, and sails back to Athens with Ariadne
Theseus leaves the princess on the island of Naxos on the way home