Home According to Greek mythology, the first queen of Crete was Europa. Later on Crete became the land of King Minos. The legend is that the king refused to sacrifice a bull to the gods and Poseidon punished him by making his wife fall in love with a bull. From this union the Minotaur was born and was hid in a labyrinth According to Greek mythology, the first queen of Crete was Europa. Later on Crete became the land of King Minos. The legend is that the king refused to sacrifice a bull to the gods and Poseidon punished him by making his wife fall in love with a bull. From this union the Minotaur was born and was hid in a labyrinth

According to Greek mythology, the first queen of Crete was Europa. Later on Crete became the land of King Minos. The legend is that the king refused to sacrifice a bull to the gods and Poseidon punished him by making his wife fall in love with a bull. From this union the Minotaur was born and was hid in a labyrinth

According to Greek mythology, the first queen of Crete was Europa. Later on Crete became the land of King Minos. The legend is that the king refused to sacrifice a bull to the gods and Poseidon punished him by making his wife fall in love with a bull. From this union the Minotaur was born and was hid in a labyrinth

Plaster cast bust of Thucydides from a Roman copy of an early 4th Century BC Greek original. Located at Holkham Hall, but originally from the Pushkin Museum.

Egyptian hieroglyphs in Luxor