The true history of the Minotaur: what archaeology reveals (nationalgeographic.fr)
27 points by joebig 3 days ago
sapphicsnail 29 minutes ago
The article mentions that Sappho referenced the Athenians sending sacrifices to Crete but I can't find the fragment anywhere and I'm guessing it doesn't exist.
rawgabbit an hour ago
If I understand correctly, the article says the "maze" was actually the many rooms of the Cretan palace. The word "labyrinth" comes from the sacred ax called "labrys" used to kill the bulls during sacrifice. The minotaur was an invention symbolizing a foreign power that Athens fought with and will overcome?
internet_points 4 hours ago
I always considered https://files.blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/397... the true one
gnatman 3 hours ago
the Master
svilen_dobrev 2 hours ago
partially related..
the Minotaur is one of the main "characters" in Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov.
https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Sorrow-Georgi-Gospodinov/dp/1...
https://losangelesreview.org/book-review-the-physics-of-sorr...
1024core 4 hours ago
English version, but paywalled: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/...
(can read in FF's "reader mode").
Archive link: https://archive.ph/gsv8r
MrDresden 2 hours ago
It seems disabling JavaScript on that page also loads the full content.
jmclnx 5 hours ago
The article is in french
patrickmay 5 hours ago
So we know the minotaur probably didn't speak English.
5555624 4 hours ago
This appears to be the English version : https://archive.is/gsv8r
sejje 2 hours ago
My browser has a translate feature. I imagine it's pretty standard.