For hundreds of years experts have been trying to find answers as to how the great Minoan civilization of Crete came to an ...

The various levels of the Celestyal Crystal are named after Greek gods and goddesses; from Athena on deck 2 up to Zeus on ...

King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur.

This directly recalls the myth of the Minotaur’s labyrinth, a maze so complex that those who entered never found their way ...

According to legend, it was also home to the mythical Minotaur of King Minos. The site was restored extensively by the famous archaeologist Arthur Evans in the early 1900s. Since then, it has ...

a craftsman who built a labyrinth to entrap the Minotaur, only to be imprisoned in his own maze by King Minos of Crete. To escape, Daedalus used feathers and wax to fashion wings for himself and ...

However, every nine years, the kingdom is committed to pay King Minos of Crete a tribute of seven youths and seven maidens in compensation for the assassination of his son. They, in turn, are fed to ...