Believing the boy to be a competent leader and fierce combatant, he tasked him with slaughtering the Minotaur, liberating the tributes and corroding Minos’s iron grip on mainland Greece.

"Students and Children Perform Roles in Front of a Microphone". Every Wednesday on SBS Greek Radio. Source: SBS Greek "Students and Children Perform Roles in Front of a Microphone". Every ...

Archaeologists in Crete have discovered a 4000-year-old labyrinth in the home of the “minotaur” in Greek mythology. Stories ...

Greece is entering the supercomputing race with the launch of its state-of-the-art Daedalus. The €41 million project, awarded ...

But King Minos and his people had a problem - the Minotaur, a creature part-man, part-bull, which rampaged throughout the palace killing those it caught. Deadalus creates a labyrinth - a maze ...

Crete is more than just a sun-kissed Mediterranean paradise—it’s an island rich in history, culture and natural beauty. As Greece’s largest island, it blends ancient mythology, Venetian and Ottoman ...

Key Stage 2 History / English teaching resources covering several of the best-known Ancient Greek myths and legends. Myths include King Midas, Perseus, Medusa, Persephone and Hades, The Minotaur ...

Each mound in turn triggers a memory – the dead Minotaur (slaughtered by her husband Theseus), her wedding shoes, and a dead youth, her stepson Hippolytus, slain to save her reputation as Theseus’ ...

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 ...