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Theseus Killing the Minotaur is an oil-on-panel painting by Cima da Conegliano, created c. 1505, now in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan. It depicts a scene of Greek mythology, when Theseus killed the Minotaur in Crete's labyrinth. [1] [2] [3] It measures 38.2 centimetres (15.0 in) by 30.8 centimetres (12.1 in).
Theseus (UK: / ˈ θ iː sj uː s /, US: / ˈ θ iː s i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Θησεύς [tʰɛːsěu̯s]) was a divine hero in Greek mythology, famous for slaying the Minotaur.The myths surrounding Theseus, his journeys, exploits, and friends, have provided material for storytelling throughout the ages.
The slaying of the Minotaur by Theseus in that case could be interpreted as a memory of Athens breaking tributary relations with Minoan Crete. [15] According to A.B. Cook, Minos and Minotaur were different forms of the same personage, representing the sun-god of the Cretans, who depicted the sun as a bull.
Theseus and the Minotaur is a 1781-1782 white marble sculpture by Antonio Canova, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, which bought it in 1962. [ 1 ] The sculpture in Room 22 of the V&A
As punishment, the Athenians had to send several youths every 9 years to be devoured by the Minotaur. Theseus set to try to capture the bull. On the way to Marathon, Theseus sought shelter from a storm in the shack owned by an old lady named Hecale. She swore to make a sacrifice to Zeus if Theseus was successful in capturing the bull. Theseus ...
Theseus killing the Minotaur, tondo from an Attic red-figure kylix by Aison, National Archaeological Museum of Spain (Madrid 11265). Aison was an ancient Greek vase painter of the red-figure style. About 60 of his vases survive, which are dated between 435 and 415 BCE.
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The individual names of the youths that sailed to Crete together with Theseus are very poorly preserved in extant sources. All of the recoverable information is collected in W. H. Roscher's Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie, which provides four alternate lists of names. [6] These are as follows.