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Bronze Age CreteBronze Age Crete3000 BCE 1150 BCE

KIN 375 Dr. D. Frankl

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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.)

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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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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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Crete: KnossosCrete: Knossos

The Queen'sThe Queen's MegaronMegaronwith frescowith fresco

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Bull Games (Bull Games (TaurokatharpsiaTaurokatharpsia))

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Dancing girls frescoDancing girls frescoPhoto by Juan Manuel Caicedo


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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.

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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?

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