Minos became king of Crete and was said to be advised by Zeus ... Local island elites first acquired Cretan pottery and textiles as a symbol of prestige. Later, the presence of Minoan merchants ...

What it is: A fired clay disk inscribed with symbols that ... the mythical king Minos of Greek legends, who kept a Minotaur in a labyrinth under his palace at Knossos on Crete, until the beast ...

How peaceful were the Minoans, really? Why did they leave behind no iconography of war, no murals of battles, no towering ...

The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilisation as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos. By Sir Arthur Evans. Vol. 1, The Neolithic and ...

Part 1 Hermes tells how Crete was once all-powerful because of the instruments of war created by Deadalus for King Minos. But King Minos and his people had a problem - the Minotaur, a creature ...

One of the longest-enduring symbols of Ancient Greek mythology ... is that of the Labyrinth of Knossos. Set on Crete, it was ...