古希腊克里特岛的国王叫米诺斯(Minos),他养了一头半人半牛的怪物叫米诺陶洛斯(Minotaur),将其囚禁在一个错中复杂的迷宫中,后来被称为米诺斯的迷宫(Labyrinth of Minos),这个迷宫设计极其复杂,一旦进入就几乎无法找到出路。 忒修斯(Theseus...
[C16: via Latin from Greeklaburinthos,of obscure origin] Labyrinth (ˈlæbərɪnθ) n (Classical Myth & Legend)Greek mytha huge maze constructed for King Minos in Crete by Daedalus to contain the Minotaur Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © ...
Labyrinth of Minos - a vast labyrinth built in Crete by Daedalus at the command of Minos in order to contain the Minotaur Crete, Kriti - the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart co...
The other chambers of the building housed various religious and historical paraphernalia such as a wooden statue of Hermes, a chair said to be made by the great architect Daedalus - he of the Labyrinth of Minos fame - and various relics from the Persian wars. Six Ionic columns on the easter...
Myth, Ritual, and the Labyrinth of King Minosdoi:10.20429/AUJH.2015.050101Nicole TessmerGeorgia Southern University
and caused Minos' wife Pasiphae to fall in love with the animal. As a result, Pasiphae gave birth to the Minotaur, a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man. Minos had to shut up this beast in the Labyrinth, a huge maze underneath the palace, and every year he fed...
Orion–Hesiod says that he was the son of Euryale, the daughter of Minos, and of Poseidon, and that there was given him as a gift the power of walking upon the waves as though upon land. When he was come to Chios, he outraged Merope, the daughter of Oinopion, being drunken; but ...
a. of inferior position or rank b. less than c. protected, guarded or watched d. bencath5. "He caused terror and destruction on Crete, and King Minos had to order the architect Daedalus to build a huge and intricate labyrinth to enclose the creature." Two antonyms of “enclose" are a...
Minos was the King of Crete. His wife had an illicit union with a white bull, which led to the birth of a Minotaur – half bull and half man. So Minos had an inescapable labyrinth built to house it. And every nine years, seven boys and seven girls were sent into the labyrinth as ...
[E.1.12] On being apprized of the flight of Theseus and his company, Minos shut up the guilty Daedalus in the labyrinth, along with his son Icarus, who had been borne to Daedalus by Naucrate, a female slave of Minos. But Daedalus constructed wings for himself and his son, and en...