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	Greek Mythology - MSN Encarta
		Greek Mythology, set of diverse traditional tales told by the ancient Greeks about the exploits of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, and their interrelations with ordinary mortals.
		Greek religion was polytheistic, and the culture within which it was practised was pluralistic: there was no single orthodoxy, and no equivalent of the Christian Bible or the Muslim Koran—that is, no sacred, written text in which all adherents were expected to believe.
		The same kind of formative influence has been argued for the Minoan civilization of Crete, on the grounds that, for example, the myth of the Minotaur (half-bull, half-man) in his labyrinth might be a memory of historical bull-worship in the labyrinthine Palace of Knossos.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570116/Greek_Mythology.html (982 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Greek mythology
		A Greek deity's epithet may reflect a particular aspect of that god's role, as Apollo Musagetes is "Apollo, [as] leader of the Muses." Alternatively the epithet may identify a particular and localized aspect of the god, sometimes already ancient during the classical epoch of Greece.
		Like their neighbors, the Greeks believed in a pantheon of gods and goddesses who were associated with specific aspects of life.
		To the Greeks, mythology was literally a part of their history; few ever doubted that there was truth behind the account of the Trojan War in the Iliad and Odyssey.
	www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Greek_mythology (2800 words)

	Greek Mythology - MSN Encarta
		The myth of the Minotaur confined in a labyrinth in the palace of King Minos, for example, might be a memory of historical bull-worship in the labyrinthine palace at Knossos on Crete.
		Greek mythology owed much to cultures in Mesopotamia and Anatolia, especially in the realm of cosmogony (origin of the universe) and theogony (origin of the gods).
		To take one example, a clear parallel exists in an early Middle Eastern myth for Greek poet Hesiod’s story about the castration of Uranus by his son Cronus and the subsequent overthrow of Cronus by his son Zeus.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570116_6/Greek_Mythology.html (1577 words)

	Myth in Children's Literature
		A myth might be defined as a story that embodies cultural norms for a given society, or that helps to explain the existence of things as they are understood by that society.
		Others say myths are born from subconscious human needs and desires – so that, e.g., the myth of Oedipus (who killed his father and married his mother), expresses what Freud (and Sophocles) saw as a common desire of young boys to supplant their fathers in their mothers’ affection.
		Once the myths were no longer accepted as literally true (and there is evidence that even many of the Greeks who wrote them down no longer treated them as religious truths), they still formed the basis of so much of culture that they were considered appropriate educational material for children.
	www.northern.edu /hastingw/myth.htm (1950 words)

	Minotaur
		In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a monstrous creature with the head of a bull on a man's body.
		In later years, after the people of the Greek city of Athens killed one of Minos's sons, the Cretan king called down a plague on their city.
		Some scholars suggest that the myth of the Minotaur arose out of ancient rituals in which a priest or king donned a bull mask before performing sacrifices.
	www.mythencyclopedia.com /Mi-Ni/Minotaur.html (433 words)

	The Gods of the Greeks
		Vegetation myths like those of Demeter and Persephone, Aphrodite and Adonis are versions of myths known to the Sumerians and passed on to the Greeks by their descendants.
		The Greeks would have insisted on the authority of their Zeus over these older goddesses; he marries Hera, and Athena must be reborn from his forehead.
		Another great distinction in Greek religion, as some later scholars have looked at it, is between Apollo, a god associated with light reason, and the pursuit of form, and Dionysus, a god associated with darkness, intoxication, and the pursuit of ecstasy.
	oldweb.uwp.edu /academic/english/canary/myth-origins.htm (1673 words)

	The Minotaur in Classical Mythology
		The fruit of this unnatural union was the Minotaur, also known as Asterion or Asterius, which had the head of a bull and the body of a man. Furious and ashamed, Minos had Daedalus construct a sort of huge palace-prison, the labyrinth, in which to keep the monster.
		The story of the Minotaur is inextricably linked with that of the labyrinth -- the maze that was constructed for the creature, that was doomed to disappear with it and in which it waited.
		In the Greek and Latin Classical myth, the Minotaur was not the subject of an autonomous literary theme.
	www.english.uiuc.edu /maps/poets/m_r/rukeyser/minotaur.htm (1049 words)

	MINOTAUR : Bull-headed man of the Labyrinth of Crete, labor Theseus ; Greek mythology ; pictures : MINOTAUROS
		THE MINOTAUROS (or Minotaur) was a bull-headed monster born to Queen Pasiphae of Krete after she had coupled with a bull.
		The Minotaur's proper name Asterion, "the starry one", suggests that he was associated with the Constellation Tauros.
		And by means of the ingenuity of Daidalos Pasiphae had intercourse with the bull and gave birth to the Minotauros, famed in the myth.
	www.theoi.com /Ther/Minotauros.html (1801 words)

	Minotaur - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
		A Knossian didrachm exhibits on one side the labyrinth, on the other the Minotaur surrounded by a semicircle of small balls, probably intended for stars; it is to be noted that one of the monster's names was Asterius.
		They are forced to participate in gladiator-style combat, and it is implied that the Minotaur of myth had been one of their number.
		In the online game Shadowbane, players are able to assume the role of a minotaur, and minotaurs in general form a key role in the backstory and lore and are depicted as a full range, from the savage to the civilized.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Minotaur (1465 words)

	Greek & Roman Crossroads
		Greek Mythology discusses the cosmogony and theogony of the Greeks, the story of the Argonauts, and the Iliad and the Odyssey.
		Greek Mythology by Josh Sandberg and Alex Lucas provides an introduction to mythology, biographies of major Greek gods and goddesses, several myths, and a learning Greek section to help you polish up on the basics of the language.
		Myth of Cheiron summarizes the story of the centaur who acted as tutor to several of the greatest Greek heroes, including Achilles, Asclepius, Heracles, Jason, Aeneas, and Peleus.
	www.mythiccrossroads.com /greek.htm (1278 words)

	Minotaur
		In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature that was half man and half bull.
		Before Minos became king, he asked the Greek god Poseidon for a sign, to assure him that he, and not his brother, was to receive the throne.
		The slaying of the Minotaur by Theseus in that case indicates the abolition of such sacrifice by the advance of Greek civilization.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Minotaur.html (1017 words)

	minotaur
		The main story is the tragedy of the Minotaur and the allegorical meaning of the play is about the tendency of society to reject and fear 'the other', whatever that status of being different is based on.
		Minotaur is not so much an updating of the myth than a complete inversion, a sort of turning inside out, of the story.
		I'm one of those people who inclines towards the underdog and it seemed to me, when I thought about the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, that it was a very poignant story and that one could easily imagine the Minotaur as a victim rather than the monster that he is made out to be.
	freespace.virgin.net /colin.pink1/pages/minotaur.htm (1626 words)

	Minotaur - Myths and Final Fantasies - Galbadia X
		The Minotaur is the monstrous son of a white bull, sent by Poseidon and Pasiphae, the wife of the Crete king, Minos.
		The child was born with the body of a man and the head of a bull, and was named Minotaur (Minos' Bull).
		The Minotaur fed each year on seven boys and seven girls, who were sent as a tribute by the Athenians.
	www.galbadiax.com /mythology/minotaur.php (142 words)

	Greek Myth Quizzes and Greek Myth Trivia -- FunTrivia
		Greek myth is full of strong women - but also of women who suffer helplessly at the hands of others.
		Greek mythology sometimes tells the stories of people or heroes who somehow challenged the gods, betrayed their trust or dared to oppose their will.
		Greek gods turn out to be a bunch of revengeful characters who never miss an opportunity to torment the puny humans.
	www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/humanities/mythology__legends/greek_myth.html (1086 words)

	Tradewind Books-Children Books Publisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		An informative introduction connects the myths with the political struggles between Minoans and Greeks, and a few details about Cretan history and ritual are worked into the stories.
		Greek myths are the rich but complex stories of the lives of the gods and the mortals whose destiny they control.
		In Island of the Minotaur (Tradewind, $29.95), the late author Sheldon Oberman retells the myths as a continuous story, and the intricate connections between the gods and mortals become excitingly clear.
	www.tradewindbooks.com /tradewindbooks/new/minotaurreviews.html (834 words)

	Greek Mythology
		In ancient Greek mythology the Sphinx was depicted as a single, unique creature with the body of a lion, the wings of an eagle, and the head and breast of a human female.
		Three creatures from Greek myth that had the head or upper body of a woman and the remaining body of a large bird.
		In early myth they were attractive winged women, but they are better known as ugly creatures responsible for tormenting and kidnapping humans.
	www.sphinx-egypt.com /greek_mythology.htm (1173 words)

	Minotaur: Labyrinth Creature of Crete, Minotaur Greek Mythology :Mythical Realm
		According to Greek myth, there was only one Minotaur - the child of Pasiphae, Queen of Crete and wife of King Minos, and a white bull sent by the sea god Poseidon.
		The Minotaur was probably about 30 when the Athenian hero Theseus came to Knossos, entered the maze-like Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived and killed it, and was at his physical prime.
		In the Middle Ages, Dante imagined the Minotaur as the brutal guardian of the Seventh Circle of Hell, a symbol of perversion.
	www.mythicalrealm.com /creatures/minotaur.html (452 words)

	Oedipus_at_Colonus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was only in the humanized version of the myth that she acquired Pasiphae as a mother.
		The ancient Greeks thought in terms of metaphor, and the gods represented that part of life that was inexplicable, and they dealt with them metaphorically.
		Perhaps you’ll remember in my first lecture on myth, I referred to a statement by Thornton Wilder to the effect that, “Myths constitute the dreaming subconscious soul of the race telling its story.” Hillman’s essay provides a discussion this and what it means to us in terms of our own individual psychology.
	www.greek-myth.com /Mythology/Oedipus/oedipus_at_colonus.htm (2634 words)

	Greek Spider - Your guide to Greece and Cyprus!
		The monster that Pasiphae bore was known as the Minotaur and had the body of a man and the head of a bull.
		As he entered the maze he would unwind the thread and use it as a path to know where he entered from, after he killed the Minotaur he would lead himself out of the maze with the string.
		When Theseus found the Minotaur it was a sleep, raising from its sleep it attacked Theseus, yet he was much stronger than it and after a vicious battle he slew it.
	www.greekspider.com /greek_myth/minotaur.htm (1023 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The minotaur is one of the more dreaded creatures with the body of a ten foot tall man and the head of a bull.
		This myth focuses on a half man half bull that was born to Queen Pasiphae.
		The minotaur would devour sacrificial victims that were thrown into the labyrinth.
	library.thinkquest.org /TQ0311546/minotaur.htm (141 words)

	Greek Mythology - Muppet Wiki
		Greek Mythology is an extensive body of often-contradictory narratives, dominated by heroes, deities, and monsters.
		Many Though most accounts were passed down through the oral-tradition, Greek mythology as it is understood today derives from the written works of such authors as the Roman poet Ovid, the Greek playwright Sophocles, and especially Homer.
		A Greek myth is not to be confused with Carol Kane.
	muppet.wikia.com /wiki/Greek_Mythology (384 words)

	The UnMuseum - The Labyrinth at Knossos
		According to legend, Thesesus fought the Minotaur, a half-man, half-bull monster, in the depths of the labyrinth.
		Whatever the significance of the bull-leaping, it was probably the genesis of the Minotaur myth.
		The Greek god Poseidon was known as the 'earth-shaker' and was connected to bulls, so perhaps the Minoans were worshiping an earlier form of this god in their ceremonies.
	www.unmuseum.com /minot.htm (1267 words)

	The Fates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Minotaur was a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull.
		Minotaur was kept in an inescapable maze called the Labyrinth by Minos.
		Theseus tied the string at the end of the Labyrinth and walked until he found the Minotaur.
	library.thinkquest.org /13238/gather/minotaur.htm (82 words)

	Picasso: Sa Vie en Rose: picasso & the minotaur
		The Minotaur, a half-bull-half-human creature from Greek myth, lived on the island of Crete, imprisoned in the Labyrinth of the notoriously cruel king Minos.
		The Minotaur sated his appetites, both sexual and gastronomic, on young maidens and is frequently regarded as an icon of sexual perversion and cruelty.
		Unlike the blind Minotaur who is tamed by girls, the actor in Actor & Child is depicted as a sexual predator ready to prey upon a young boy, perhaps suggesting sexual appetites which were directed not toward females, but towards males.
	communitas.princeton.edu /blogs/wri152-3/bmasters/archives/001944.html (467 words)

	Greek mythology - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		Patroclus binds the wound of Achilles: the Trojan War formed a context for many cycles of Greek myth.
		Such relationships were a common element of Greek mythology, most notable that of the one between Zeus, the King of the gods, and Ganymede, his lover
		On the other hand, the extensive parallels between Hesiod's narrative and Near Eastern texts like the Enuma Elish leaves open the possibility that the story is a whole-cloth adaptation of borrowed materials, rather than a distorted historical record.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php/Greek_mythology (2904 words)

	Poetry and Magic(2): Howls & Whispers (3).
		Once again, in ‘The Minotaur 2’, Ted turned to the ancient, inherited wisdom embedded in Classical Greek mythology for support, but he had learned at Tiphereth the difference between knowledge based solely on sense and reason, and the understanding which is possible when that knowledge is combined with intuitive, subconscious and psychic energies.
		But he is no longer puzzled by the discrepancies between the Greek story, in which Theseus slew the Minotaur and returned, alive, from the Labyrinth, and the pattern which he saw, in which Sylvia played the heroic role but the Minotaur killed her.
		In the Greek Minotaur myth, Theseus, too, had been angry, but he took guidance from the gods and he accepted Ariadne’s loving help and her gift of the magical thread which led him back to the light.
	www.zeta.org.au /~annskea/Howls3.htm (2852 words)

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