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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2161572, member: 5833"]Sometimes MMA does things in collaboration with other museums, which may have been the case here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Minotaur = Bull of Minos, offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae & the bull Poseidon gave to Minos on the understanding that it would be sacrificed back. When Minos kept the animal instead, well... The Labyrinth is built by Daedalus to imprison the monster, which feeds on young men & women sent in tribute to Crete. When Theseus goes with the intention of putting an end to the practice, he has the help of Minos' daughter Ariadne. She escapes with him, & is then left abandoned on the island of Naxos. Not to worry. She ends up as the wife of Dionysus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2161572, member: 5833"]Sometimes MMA does things in collaboration with other museums, which may have been the case here. Minotaur = Bull of Minos, offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae & the bull Poseidon gave to Minos on the understanding that it would be sacrificed back. When Minos kept the animal instead, well... The Labyrinth is built by Daedalus to imprison the monster, which feeds on young men & women sent in tribute to Crete. When Theseus goes with the intention of putting an end to the practice, he has the help of Minos' daughter Ariadne. She escapes with him, & is then left abandoned on the island of Naxos. Not to worry. She ends up as the wife of Dionysus.[/QUOTE]
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