and she knows that he will be a threat because he is theson of the father. She makes a poison, but he does not drink it and birds drink it. Aegeus recognizes his sonand they fight a great battle for patrilinity in Athens. At Crete there is still a stronghold of the old religion. 7 males and 7 females must be sent to Knossos to besacrificed, or actually dance with a bull. Theseus fights this bull. Origin of the Bull-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broadface = Europa = the queen of Africa (has a puffed up face like the Gorgon Medusa) She has an affairwith a bull who is actually Zeus in a disguise. She goes to the ocean with her sisters and is raped by thisbull. It is not really Zeus but th older version of zeus as the consort of the Queen. He may have used anentheogen to swoon her away. She journeys on the bull across the waters being led by a bird with a longneck with Eros following them. Europa gives birth to Minos at Crete. Minos gets married to Pasiphae whois the aunt of Medea. Pasiphae has estrual lust for a bull in Minos crowd. Daidalos (a craftsman) helps herby building a fake cow for her to climb into so that she can sleep with the bull. She gives birth to a childwho is half bull and half human = Minotaur. Date: 17-NOV-99 Semester: Fall '99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Umphae is a female version of Apollo You do not drink from the golden cup, it is a ritual cup usually decorated with a theme. Daidalos built a labyrinth to house the Minotaur and he too was held in captive in the labyrinth and madewings with beeswax. Daidalos tells Icarus, his son, not to fly too high up because the wings were melt=thisgives the name Icarian see = myth of antagonism of fathers and sons The palace of Minos was the place of the deadly dance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The myth ...
