Minos Collection

The Story of Theseus, mid-15th century. Artist: Master of the Cassoni
The Story of Theseus, mid-15th century. Theseus lands on Crete from Athens and sets out to kill the Minotaur, the bull-headed monster which King Minos has had imprisoned in the labyrinth built by

Scylla Watching Minos from the Castle Walls, published 1606. Creators: Antonio Tempesta, Wilhelm Janson
Scylla Watching Minos from the Castle Walls, published 1606. From The Metamorphoses of Ovid, pl. 72

Calyx Krater (Mixing Bowl), about 400-380 BCE. Creator: Perugia Painter
Calyx Krater (Mixing Bowl), about 400-380 BCE

There Minos stands, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
There Minos stands, grinning with ghastly feature: he, of all who enter, strict examining the crimes, gives sentence, and dismisses them beneath, c1890

Sleeping Ariadne, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, Greek Sculpture copy of an Hellenistic original

The Constellations (Plate VIII) Coronoa Borealis, Hercules and Cerberus, Lyra, 1822
The Constellations (Plate VIII) Coronoa Borealis, Hercules and Cerberus, Lyra, from A Celestial Atlas by Alexander Jamieson, pub. London 1822 (hand coloured engraving)

King Minoss throne room, Knossos, Crete

Telemachus explains the questions of Minos, 1776. Artist: W Walker
Telemachus explains the questions of Minos, 1776. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1776

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