The Minoans - The First European Civilization
What was the name of the King of Athens in the myth of the Minotaur?
Aegeus
The Island known as the first European civilization that thrived during the Bronze Age was called?
Crete
Who was the English archaeologist who discovered the place on Crete?
Sir Arthur John Evans
What was the deal the King of Athens made with King Minos?
Seven Athenian boys and seven Athenian girls were an offering to the Minotaur.
What did the prince do when the princess fell asleep on the island of Naxos?
sailed away from the island towards Athens.
Theseus stopped for? on the small? after leaving Crete, called Naxos
supplies/ island
What was the Minoan culture sport of Taurokathapsia?
Jumping over a bull
Mycenaean warriors were men of?
War
What was the name of the son of King Aegeus who would go as one of the offerings to the Minotaur?
Prince Theseus
Greek mythology is a?
body of stories concerning the gods, heroes, and rituals
The palace at Knossos belongs to King Minos and the myth legend of the?
Minotaur
A labyrinth is a network of?____________________ typically features a? __________________________ unambiguous path that leads to the? _____________ and back out.
Passages / single / center
The Mycenaean formed the first civilization on the continent of?
Greece
What did King Aegeus ask his son to do on the journey home?
Replace the black sails of his ship with white sails if he had been successful.
Myths contain a considerable element of?
Fiction
King Minos in myth was the son of?
Zeus
What was the name of the kingdom that took over Crete?
Mycenae
Poseidon was the main deity of the Mycenaeans. He was the god of the? _____________ and _________ and ________________________
Seas/ land/ earthquakes
What did Princess Ariadne want for helping the prince save the children?
safe passage to Athens
How did the Aegean Sea get its name?
King Aegeus thought his son had failed to kill the Minotaur - he drowned himself in the sea.
Crete became the foremost site of what age of civilization?
Bronze Age
Create was located in what sea?
the Aegean Sea
The most famous Mycenaean king was? ________________________________and his brother was?__________________________ They declared war on?___________________________
Agamemnon / Menelaus / Troy
At the entrance to the labyrinth, Princess Ariadne gave Theseus some? and a ?
string / sword
What did Theseus forget to do on his journey to Athens that caused his father's life?
change the ship’s sails to white