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An image of the Minotaur or an allusion to the legend of the Minotaur appears at the center of many of these mosaic labyrinths. The four-axis pattern as executed in Chartres Cathedral (early 1200s) The four-axis medieval patterns may have developed from the Roman model, but are more varied in how the four quadrants of the design are traced out.
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur [b] (Ancient Greek: Μινώταυρος, Mīnṓtauros), also known as Asterion, is a mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man [4] (p 34) or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull".
The Tiger class were a class of three British warships of the 20th century and the last all-gun cruisers of the Royal Navy.Construction of three Minotaur-class cruisers (under the names Blake, Defence and Bellerophon) began during World War II but, due to post-war austerity, the Korean War and focus on the Royal Air Force over the surface fleet, the hulls remained unfinished.
Asterion or Asterius, name of the Minotaur. [7] Asterion, son of Zeus and Idaea, a daughter of Minos. [8] Asterius, son of Minos and Androgenia, a girl from the Cretan city of Phaistos. He was the commander of Cretans who joined the god Dionysus in his Indian War.
HMS Defence was a Minotaur-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century, the last armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy. She was stationed in the Mediterranean when the First World War began and participated in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser SMS Goeben and light cruiser SMS Breslau.
Catreus, Ariadne, Androgeus, Xenodice, Acacallis, Phaedra and Deucalion; the Minotaur In Greek mythology , Glaucus / ˈ ɡ l ɔː k ə s / ( Ancient Greek : Γλαῦκος Glaukos means "greyish blue" or "bluish green" and "glimmering") was a Cretan prince as the son of King Minos .
The Minotaur class, also known as the Swiftsure class after the lead ship was sold to Canada and renamed, were a group of light cruisers of the British Royal Navy built during the Second World War. They were designed as a modified version of the Fiji class incorporating war modifications and authorised in 1941.
Articles related to the Minotaur. He is depicted as a mythical creature with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man, dwelling in the Labyrinth of Knossos.