Caroline Lawrence

And she comes up to him because he's so beautiful. And he lets her stroke him. And all the girls she's with are amazed that she's so bold. And then she actually climbs on his back. And off he goes over the sea and ends up in Crete. So he takes Europa to Crete, and that's where we get the term Europe, though Crete, what do we call Crete Europe? I don't know. So anyway, they have three sons.

Zeus and Europa have three sons, Minos, Radamanthus, and Sarpedon. And as sons do, they all vie with each other for the kingship and Essentially, Minos sends the other two off to somewhere else where they found other places. But Minos still has to legitimize his claim to the throne of Crete for the kingship.

Zeus and Europa have three sons, Minos, Radamanthus, and Sarpedon. And as sons do, they all vie with each other for the kingship and Essentially, Minos sends the other two off to somewhere else where they found other places. But Minos still has to legitimize his claim to the throne of Crete for the kingship.

Zeus and Europa have three sons, Minos, Radamanthus, and Sarpedon. And as sons do, they all vie with each other for the kingship and Essentially, Minos sends the other two off to somewhere else where they found other places. But Minos still has to legitimize his claim to the throne of Crete for the kingship.

So he says to everybody, look, I'm going to call on Poseidon, or in some cases Zeus, but mainly Poseidon, most of the myths. to show you that I am the chosen one. Poseidon, send me a bull from the sea." Sure enough, Poseidon sends him a bull from the sea and we've still got the cow motif going on here. It was so beautiful and Minos said, I will sacrifice this bull to you, of course, Poseidon.

So he says to everybody, look, I'm going to call on Poseidon, or in some cases Zeus, but mainly Poseidon, most of the myths. to show you that I am the chosen one. Poseidon, send me a bull from the sea." Sure enough, Poseidon sends him a bull from the sea and we've still got the cow motif going on here. It was so beautiful and Minos said, I will sacrifice this bull to you, of course, Poseidon.

So he says to everybody, look, I'm going to call on Poseidon, or in some cases Zeus, but mainly Poseidon, most of the myths. to show you that I am the chosen one. Poseidon, send me a bull from the sea." Sure enough, Poseidon sends him a bull from the sea and we've still got the cow motif going on here. It was so beautiful and Minos said, I will sacrifice this bull to you, of course, Poseidon.

The bull is so beautiful that he cannot bear to sacrifice it. He puts it into his herd and gets an inferior substitute and sacrifices that. Uh-oh indeed.

The bull is so beautiful that he cannot bear to sacrifice it. He puts it into his herd and gets an inferior substitute and sacrifices that. Uh-oh indeed.

The bull is so beautiful that he cannot bear to sacrifice it. He puts it into his herd and gets an inferior substitute and sacrifices that. Uh-oh indeed.

Not a good idea. And these monsters often come as a result of some crime against the gods or hubris or something. So Poseidon is not happy, and he's furious, and as punishment, he arranges for Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, to fall in love with that bull. So Peisiphae is trying to think about how she can get it on with that bull.

Not a good idea. And these monsters often come as a result of some crime against the gods or hubris or something. So Poseidon is not happy, and he's furious, and as punishment, he arranges for Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, to fall in love with that bull. So Peisiphae is trying to think about how she can get it on with that bull.

Not a good idea. And these monsters often come as a result of some crime against the gods or hubris or something. So Poseidon is not happy, and he's furious, and as punishment, he arranges for Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, to fall in love with that bull. So Peisiphae is trying to think about how she can get it on with that bull.

And she asks an exile from Athens named Daedalus, the very clever inventor, if he can come up with an idea. And he comes up. He makes a hollow frame of a cow, covers it with cowhide, and she can hide inside. so that she can mate with the bull. So that's one of his inventions.

And she asks an exile from Athens named Daedalus, the very clever inventor, if he can come up with an idea. And he comes up. He makes a hollow frame of a cow, covers it with cowhide, and she can hide inside. so that she can mate with the bull. So that's one of his inventions.

And she asks an exile from Athens named Daedalus, the very clever inventor, if he can come up with an idea. And he comes up. He makes a hollow frame of a cow, covers it with cowhide, and she can hide inside. so that she can mate with the bull. So that's one of his inventions.

And nine months later, a little baby is born, and that baby has the body of a child, according to most depictions and accounts, and the head of a bull.

And nine months later, a little baby is born, and that baby has the body of a child, according to most depictions and accounts, and the head of a bull.

And nine months later, a little baby is born, and that baby has the body of a child, according to most depictions and accounts, and the head of a bull.

Exactly. And now this baby is born and we have a wonderful vase that's in Paris at the moment. And it shows Paisa Phi with a little toddler Minos on her lap. And he's got little horns. And I think they suckled kids till they were quite old, like four or five and even older sometimes. in that period. And at first you think, oh, she loves her little baby, her little Minotaur.