Queen Pasiphaë mated with a bull and bore the Minotaur. When King Minos understood he could not be its father, he imprisoned the Minotaur in the labyrinth.
The legend is that the builder Daedalus built it as a maze to house the mythical Minotaur - half man, half bull, at the palace of King Minos at Knossos in Crete.
Minoans lived on Crete. They got their name from their legendary king, Minos. Minos built a large palace in Knossos. It was said to be so huge that you could easily lose your way. Some historians say that the palace itself was the famous labyrinth (you know, where the Minotaur lived).
The Minotaur was the offspring of Pasiphaë, wife of King Minos of Crete. Knossos was his capital and the seat of his Minoan culture.
The Minoan capital city, on the island of Crete, was Knossos, where archaeologists have uncovered a royal palace with 1500 rooms. According to Greek myth, it was the home of the fabled Labyrinth, where the Minotaur, Astaris, ate Greek prisoners set to wander the confusing passages.
Knossos is a city in Crete and it is believed to be the cultural and religious center of the Minoan Civilization. Legend says that a labryinth was built at Knossos to house the Minotaur.
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The legend is that the builder Daedalus built it as a maze to house the mythical Minotaur - half man, half bull, at the palace of King Minos at Knossos in Crete.
In the labyrinth at Knossos palace, Crete. King Minos had Daedalus (the best architect ever lived) to build a labyrinth (a complicated maze,one you will never escape) to hold his step-son, the Minotaur. So the Minotaur resides in the Labyrinth. In the labyrinth beneath King Minos' Palace in Knossos. He did not live long.
The Island of Crete in the city of Knossos under King Minos' palace.
Minoans lived on Crete. They got their name from their legendary king, Minos. Minos built a large palace in Knossos. It was said to be so huge that you could easily lose your way. Some historians say that the palace itself was the famous labyrinth (you know, where the Minotaur lived).
The Minotaur was the offspring of Pasiphaë, wife of King Minos of Crete. Knossos was his capital and the seat of his Minoan culture.
The Minoan capital city, on the island of Crete, was Knossos, where archaeologists have uncovered a royal palace with 1500 rooms. According to Greek myth, it was the home of the fabled Labyrinth, where the Minotaur, Astaris, ate Greek prisoners set to wander the confusing passages.
The palace of Knossos is also known as the labyrinth, so King Midas didn't build it.
Knossos is a city in Crete and it is believed to be the cultural and religious center of the Minoan Civilization. Legend says that a labryinth was built at Knossos to house the Minotaur.
5,000,000,000,000 people visit the knossos palace each year
King Minos was the King of Mycenea, the civilization that pre-dates the ancient Greeks. He built labyrinths in his palace in order to keep the mythical beast Minotaur away from his wife.
The palace of Knossos was located on the island of Crete.