The word minotaur is a compound word, which comes from the ancient Greek name "μ? νω? "Minos and the noun" τ α "? ρο?" Or "bull". Therefore, the word minotaur means "Minoan bull". Is the minotaur's birth name Asterion in ancient Greek? στ? ρ ι ν "means" star ",which implies the connection with bull constellation: Taurus.
Minos and the bull at sea
In Greek mythology, Minos was one of the three sons of Europa and Zeus. When Zeus became a bull. Europa's husband, King Astrien of Crete, looked at these children as if they were his own. It is not clear which of the three sons should be in power after Ashton's death. These three sons are Minos, Shapedon and Radamantis. Minos' name actually means king in Crete. He is destined to be the king of Crete, although Minos' journey of power is difficult because he must bid farewell to his brother and opponent first. However, Minos has one advantage that his brothers don't have. He claimed that he had the support and authority of the gods to rule, and boasted that he could prove it by praying for anything he wanted, and God would do it. So one day, while offering sacrifices to Poseidon, he prayed that a bull would appear from the bottom of the sea. Minos swore to heaven that once the bull appeared, he would dedicate it to Poseidon. So Poseidon gave birth to a magnificent bull from the sea; Therefore, Minos' power claim was verified, because no one dared to disobey the favor of the gods, let alone the powerful * * * that ruled all the oceans. As a result of winning the throne, Minos expelled his brothers from Crete. The three brothers will be reunited in the afterlife, because they were appointed as judges of the underworld after their death. Their task is to judge the dead so as to determine their status in the underworld according to their life value.
King Minos ordered Daedalus and Icarus to build a magnificent maze to house his wife's sons: Astrien or Ming Taulos.
However, King Minos failed to honor his oath to Poseidon. He kept a magnificent Crete bull for himself and dedicated the other bull to God. Poseidon was angered by King Minos' disrespect and planned to punish him for his arrogance and arrogance. According to some versions of this myth, it was Poseidon who instilled his passion for bulls from the sea into the king's wife, Paciface, thus punishing Minos. However, according to the Roman writer Higginus, Aphrodite cursed Pacifi, because the queen did not show her due piety to the goddess for some time. The goddess punished her and sent * * * to the majestic bull from the sea. Another version tells how Poseidon was angered by Minos and asked Aphrodite for help. She cursed Parsifa for Poseidon's favor.
The birth of Pacifi and Minotaur
Puzzled by her sacred wish, Queen Pacifi turned to Daedalus and Icarus for help. Daedalus made a wooden cow with cowhide for Paciface and put it on the wheel. Then, Daedalus put Queen Pacifi into the building and pushed her to the grass where her beloved bull grazed. There, she met the bull and lay with it, because the bull thought the wooden cow was real. The minotaur was born from this alliance.
The Queen named this animal Asterio (named after the stepfather of Minos), and Crete people know this is the Minotaur's real name. King Minos discovered his wife's extramarital affairs when he saw the baby. As punishment, Minos enslaved Daedalus and Icarus because of their role in this matter, but he didn't touch Pacifi. Pasiphae took care of Astrian when he was a calf and fed him. However, as he grew up, he became fierce and terrible, and she could no longer feed or take care of him. Astrien couldn't find a suitable food source, because he was neither a man nor a beast, so he began to eat people. In order to cover up his wife's shame, at the suggestion of the Oracle, King Minos ordered Daedalus and Icarus to build a magnificent maze to house his wife's sons: Astrien or Mi Taulos.
The Death of antonios and the Tribute of Athens
In the process of building the maze, King Minos discovered that his only human son, Anthonis (and Pacifi), had been killed. It is said that the Athenians killed him out of envy of his skills at the Pan-Athens Games. Another version of the myth claims that King argos of Athens was angered by Angulos' victory and sent him to kill the invincible marathon bull. In turn, he was killed by the bull and indirectly by the actions of the Athenians.
Anyway, antonios was killed, and King Minos blamed the Athenians for the death of his only human son and the destruction of his family. He attacked the Athenians by boat and harassed them until they agreed to pay for his son's death. King Minos asked Athens to pay tribute to Crete for seven girls and seven youths every nine years. There are some contradictions about the frequency of making these tributes, from once every nine years to once a year. Then put these tributes in the maze for the minotaur to swallow. In all kinds of materials, tributes or victims are selected by lot from the most beautiful men and virgins. The Athenians consulted Delphi, who guided the city and gave Minos everything about Athens. However, according to Catullus, the death of Andlau Goss caused a cruel plague in Athens. Until King Egus learned that Athens was saved by paying tribute to Crete and obeying Minos' request; He agreed. The Athenians reluctantly obeyed Minos' conditions, and King Minos returned to Crete.
The death of Minotaur.
It is said that theseus, the son of King Egers, volunteered for the third youth tribute. He boasted to his father and all the Athenians that he would kill Minotaur. He promised that on his way home, if he won, he would raise the white sail, and if he failed and was killed, he would let the crew raise black sails. After arriving in Crete, Ariadne and Fidra, the daughters of Minos, fell in love with him deeply. Ariadne couldn't stand theseus being eaten by his half-brother Mino Taulos, so he turned to Daedalus for help. She begged the craftsman to tell her how to escape from his maze. Once he told her, she ran to tell theseus before he entered the maze. According to Daedalus's instructions, she handed theseus a ball to help him find his way out of the maze. After entering the maze, theseus tied one end of the rope to the door and continued to enter the maze. He found the minotaur in the farthest corner of the maze and stabbed him with his fist (or in other words, he sneaked into the sword of himself and killed the minotaur with it). Unlike the victims in front of the maze, thanks to Ariadne's gift, theseus can find a way out. Theseus just followed the line through the maze and found the way to the gate. He found and led other Athenians out of the maze and soon sailed to Athens with Ariadne and Fidra. Thanks to Ariadne's gift, theseus found a way out. Theseus just followed the line through the maze and found the way to the gate. He found and led other Athenians out of the maze and soon sailed to Athens with Ariadne and Fidra. Thanks to Ariadne's gift, theseus found a way out. Theseus just followed the line through the maze and found the way to the gate. He found and led other Athenians out of the maze and soon sailed to Athens with Ariadne and Fidra.
The journey home
On the way home, theseus abandoned Ariadne on Naxos Island and took a boat to Athens with his scheduled wife Fidra. On Naxos Island, Ariadne reflected on her behavior and naivety of assisting in the murder of her brother (Minotaur) for theseus (she thought theseus would marry her). Ariadne did not marry theseus, but was discovered by Dionysus Dionysus in Naxos, and she finally married him. In some versions of this myth, Dionysus appeared in front of theseus and ordered him to give up Ariadne because he wanted to marry her.
Theseus was glad that he and his new wife Fidra would go home soon, but absently forgot to change the color of his sail from black to white. His father, King Egers, saw black sails from a distance and was heartbroken. He jumped off a cliff and committed suicide. It was this act that ensured theseus's position as the new king of Athens and explained the name of the Aegean Sea.
Art and Portrait
The myths of theseus and Minotaur can be seen in all kinds of ancient pottery. Most depictions show theseus fighting the Minotaur, who is usually submissive, if not defeated. This is a popular artistic theme, because myth itself embodies the basic struggle between nature and unnatural or between civilization and uncivilized, which is the same theme in many Greek artistic expressions. There are also several coins from Crete, the back of which depicts a bull's head and maze structure; This shows that the myth of the maze and Minotaur may have certain facts, which probably stems from the bull worship in Crete and the complexity of their palace buildings.