#Minos of Crete

[helpmeimblorboing]

Imagine the scene after Theseus died. Like, to the left is the god whose wife he tried to steal, to the right is the wife he tried to steal. Right ahead, the guy meant to be judging him, is Minos, the guy he fucked over. Depending on your interpretation of the Dionysian myths, his ex’s new boyfriend is there as well

All I’m saying is that the tension would’ve been thick enough to choke on

[aboutanancientenquiry]

Herodotus and the Heroic Age: The Case of Minos

Rosaria V. Munson "Herodotus and the Heroic Age: The Case of Minos", in Emily Baragwanath and Mathieu de Bakker (editors) Myth, Truth and Narrative in Herodotus, OUP 2012.

Abstract and Keywords In the fifth century, traditional myths about gods and heroes of a remote age still constituted a shared cultural language for speaking about a variety of more or less specific current issues of a philosophical, ethical, social, and political nature. Other than tragedy and epinician poetry, we should especially remember the role of myth in Thucydides, whose ‘Archaeology’ sets down his fundamental, and ideologically charged, view of history. It is time to reassess Herodotus' participation in this contemporary coded discourse and examine the ways in which he uses the mythical past as well as the cases when he appears to signal his choice not to use it. One dismissive passage in Herodotus (3.122) confirms the significance of Minos — the focus of this chapter — in fifth-century discourse as a precursor or rival of Athenian thalassocracy (Thucydides and Bacchylides). But two additional mentions, in Books 1 and 7 respectively, connect Minos in more interesting ways to present realities of Greeks and non-Greeks in the East and West. How is the treatment of Minos in the Histories representative of Herodotus' ‘myth-speak’? Keywords: Trojan War, heroic age, thucydides, minos, Polycrates, Hearsay, akoê, Historiê, Protesilaus, Theseus

[kristinagehrmann]

Cover illustration I made for "Minos: Dawn of Faith", a boardgame expansion pack, to be published by Board&Dice next year! 😊 Here I've imagined a religious ceremony in ancient Minoan culture.

[bebemoon]

BRITOMARTIS a maiden of crete who became an immortal companion of the goddess artemis after she leapt into the sea in order to flee the lustful pursuit of king minos

[bedrock-to-buildheight]

Back on my high effort joke bullshit

[orkazh-arts]

Bonding with the half-brother 🐮🧶✨

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

[neptunesize]

𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓮

a dionysus and ariadne playlist

✦ Bedroom Hymns - Florence and the Machine

✦ Glitter & Gloss - Skott

✦ Fool - Børns

✦ Is Everybody Going Crazy - Nothing but Thieves

and more! listen here!

[illustratus]

Daedalus and Pasiphaë by Jean Lemaire

[stay-pos-cos]

How cruel to name a child for the stars and bury him beneath the ground.

To allow a child to grow and live in his own tomb.

You called him "monster" and damned him to that fate. A child who is hungry will eat, and you sent him his brethren.

The starry one, dreaming of the night sky, his father from the heavens above looking down on him beneath the earth.

A child interred, wandering alone in an endless maze.

The prince of the Labyrinth, destined to die by the hand of a hero. The last act needed to condemn him to his title "monster".

[aloe-techne]

it means star

been thinking about the parallels between astarion and asterion.

if his parents knew what happened would they have mourned like pasiphae? so close but so far from reach.

[hlblng]

The Pride of Crete - Bull Leaper

Excavations at the Palace of Knosses in Crete suggest the existence of ritual bull leaping. Acrobats, both male and female, vault over bulls displaying their skills and honoring the gods. Depictions of the sport can be found on frescoes, vases and statues.

Also I read Mary Renault's The King must Die and The Bull from the Sea and I am obsessed.

[thegarden-ofeden]

icarus of crete aesthetic

greek myths masterlist

“Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight, For the greatest tragedy of them all, Is never to feel the burning light.” oscar wilde

[liocto]

queen pasiphae

design by ig @tamattuta ❤️

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

SERENITY IN MONSTROSITY -- UNHOLY SPAWN OF THE CRETAN BULL & PASIPHAË.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a close-up shot and full size/remastered/mixed media painting of the "Sitting Minotaur" by Scottish artist Paul Reid, c. 2021. Oil on canvas underpainting with extensive over paints in Photoshop.

Resolution at 1536x2048 & 1419x1971.

Sources: www.flapperpress.com/amp/the-art-of-paul-reid & X (formerly Twitter).

[sarafangirlart]

WHAT

[ganope]

What ?

How?

No way.

Why the people thought it was good for them to have gay romance?