#MINOA

[orkazh-arts]

Bonding with the half-brother 🐮🧶✨

Or, Ariadne and Asterion (the Minotaur) spend some quality time together because f*ck Theseus 💅😌✨

[multicolorlou]

redid this ancient minoan piece for my art history class: the girl here has short hair which signifies youth, but shes picking crocuses which were renowned for their relief of menstrual cramps- its a coming of age piece!

[whereskatieandgrady]

History of Crete

[rubyyogurt]

monster hunter doodles

[aryburn-trains]

WL532 by Citizen of the Galaxy Via Flickr: Christmas Eve 1997, Amtrak train 48, the Lake Shore Limited, slipping by DeWitt Yard in Minoa behind a pair of P42 units in their original scheme.

[verhovensky]

A thing that has always fascinated me about the Minotaur myth is that it can be interpreted as the Mycaneans conquering Minoa. It's fascinating how history so gracefully turns into myth.

[chrromie]

7k words in minoa academy!!

first time hitting above 6k in any project!

[eddieintheocean]

amets! from my wip. i do not draw them despite how utterly unhinged i am about them.

pose as usual from @adorkastock

[waitafrikk]

OFFICALLY 4000 WORDS INTO MY STORY!!!!!!

if you see me tagging posts qwith 'minoa academy' thats that!!!

(if you give the first 3 draft chapters a read on ao3 i will love you all forever)

[naiveatlas]

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Perhaps you don't know, since this is very specific, don't feel forced to answer this. While searching some stuff for an essay, i found that apparently there are two different 'King Minos' in the folklore. The myth being told to foreigners usually is the one regarding the human sacrifices to the Minotaur, but they never mention the thing of Minos becoming one of the judges of Hell, or, well, better said, of Hades. Are these two Minos different? The judge and the minotaur one? Are they the same? Or is there even a historical Minos? i can't trust the internet and Wikipedia doesn't list any sources either 🥲

Hello! Yes, he was the same! If you notice, the three judges of the underworld had a background in being kings or very just or doing something profound for humanity. Minos was the one that reigned in Crete and "culturized" the Cretans, and he took advice from Zeus, his father, on how to justly rule his people.

I did some research on that, and then the final clue I saw it the Greek archeologist The Mythologist. I'll link the video below. It's in Greek but... just for verification reasons. I relied heavily on him because he is thorough in his research and generally quite reliable.

He also mentions that in some sources there was a 4th judge, Triptolemos!

[redphrite]

I got all S fighting gabriel finally how is that not P rank??? Im confused :(

[storiearcheostorie]

Eraclea Minoa, in arrivo la copertura del teatro antico: ecco il progetto vincitore [VIDEO]

Archeologia / Eraclea Minoa, in arrivo la copertura del teatro antico: ecco il progetto vincitore [VIDEO]

Redazione Una sorta di “tetto-giardino” per coprire i resti dell’antico teatro di Eraclea Minoa, nell’Agrigentino. È questo il fulcro del progetto che ha vinto il concorso di idee indetto dal Parco della Valle dei Templi con il coinvolgimento dell’Ordine degli architetti di Agrigento. L’obiettivo è proteggere l’area dagli agenti atmosferici e dall’azione del tempo, ma anche non ostacolare la…

[idontthinkimokaymentally]

Hello there Minoa Asagaya fans.

[artbyblastweave]

So I don't really think that it's a secret that Boston has a significant Minotaur problem. It's a pretty common situation for older American cities on the East Coast- centuries of poorly-documented cowpath-style urban growth providing an ideal nesting ground, widespread electrification and plentiful steam tunnels that compensate for the loss of the temperate Mediterranean climate that they're used to. And all this on top of limited institutional knowledge of proper containment tactics at least up until the Greek diaspora started to really blow up in the 20th century. You only have to fuck up the safety checks on one cargo steamer coming in from the broad area of old Minoa and then basically any import controls you put in after that point are closing the barn door after the bulls are loose. So yeah, no secret, it's an issue.

I do think, though, that we've kind of let the specific narrative surrounding the issue get away from us in the usual fashion, the problem people picture when they hear "Minotaur" isn't anywhere close the to the problem as it exists on the ground. I mean people's minds immediately jump to the 1949 Boylston massacre, but let's be real, even though that was really politically useful for finally getting the exit fares on the T removed, that was still a black-swan event, right? Basically every mayor since, like, Hynes has lived in mortal terror of having to manage a repeat of something like that during the mass media era, let alone the smartphone era. So we've got these Theseus kill-teams with their titanium-composite ropes and souped-up cattle prods and bolt guns, we have these constant "track replacement" stoppages on the orange line, and it's fine. It's fine! There hasn't been a serious Minotaur thing within walking distance of a T stop since, like, 2006, which again you can mostly chalk up to the chaos surrounding the dig.

No, the actual danger zones, the silent killers are the exurbs, like West Roxbury, Roslindale, parts of Hyde Park. Relatively dense foliage, bad sightlines, far enough from the urban center that the response times are bad, foot traffic that's basically nonexistent for big parts of the workweek because everyone's either commuting or hunkered down working from home. And, of course, a steady stream of delivery drivers with no political ties to the area. Which is an important element, right? I mean it's kind of baked into the Minotaur's nature, that they have a very finely tuned instinctual awareness of the politics of their situation. Start snagging homeowners, there might be a ruckus. But Amazon does steady business everywhere, and Minotaurs are smart enough to cover their bases, to wait until after the drivers have dropped off your package or delivered your food. So yeah, watch yourself out there. One eye on the treeline at all times. And if you see an Amazon van left idling, get ready to run faster than the driver could.

[abouther12]

Minoa Bookstore and Cafe, Istanbul

For book lovers living in or visiting Istanbul, we have just the place for you. This is a bookstore review of a book cafe that you can’t afford to miss. Located in the popular neighbourhood of Beşiktaş, Minoa Booksstore and Cafe is a charming bookstore with warm lighting, beautiful architecture, a huge collection of books and good-quality coffee.