Crete

Crete

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island

Events
  1. Theseus and the Minotaur
  2. Talos throws stones at the Argonauts
  3. Procris gets a dog as a gift from Minos
  4. Poseidon sends up a bull for Minos which Minos promises but fails to sacrifice
  5. Hercules hunts the Cretan bull
  6. Europa gives birth to Minos, Sarpedon and Rhadamanthys
  7. Asterius marries Europa
  8. The sons of Europa fight over the affections of the same boy
  9. Asterius rules Crete
  10. Rhadamanthys creates laws for Crete
  11. Minos marries Pasiphae, has children
  12. Minos rules Crete
  13. Poseidon makes Pasiphae fall in love with the Cretan Bull
  14. Daedalus constructs a hollow wooden cow to assist Pasiphae
  15. Pasiphae has sex with the Cretan Bull
  16. Pasiphae gives birth to the Minotaur
  17. Minos and Daedalus enclose the Minotaur in the labyrinth
  18. Daedalus builds the Labyrinth
  19. Catreus gets an oracle that one of his children will kill him
  20. Althaemenes learns of the oracle that their father will be killed by his child
  21. Althaemenes and Apemosyne leave Crete
  22. Glaucus chases a mouse into a jar of honey and drowns
  23. Minos gathers diviners to bring Glaucus back to life. Polyidus succeeds
  24. Minos forces Polyidus to teach divination to Glaucus
  25. Polyidus makes Glaucus forget the art of divination
  26. Theseus kills the Marathonian bull
  27. Ariadne negotiates marriage with Theseus in exchange for her help
  28. Ariadne persuades Daedalus to tell her how Theseus might escape the labyrinth
  29. Theseus kills the Minotaur
  30. Minos shuts Daedalus and Icarus in the labyrinth
  31. Daedalus and Icarus escape the labyrinth using wings
  32. Menelaus goes to Crete to give funeral rites to his grandfather
  33. Leucus takes over cities on Crete
  34. Idomeneus returns to Crete from Troy
  35. Leucus drives Idomeneus out of Crete
  36. Menelaus is driven from Sunium to Crete
  37. Procris flees to Minos
  38. Minos falls in love with Procris and urges her to have sex with him
  39. Minos gets punished by Pasiphae with a spell for having sex with so many women
  40. Pasiphae’s spell causes Minos to ejaculate wild beasts whenever he attempts intercourse, killing his partners
  41. Procris gives Minos the Circaean root drink to protect herself from the effects of Pasiphae’s spell
  42. Procris has sex with Minos to get his fast dog and javelin
  43. Minotaur lives in a labyrinth constructed by Daedalus
  44. Daedalus goes to Minos
  45. Idomeneus and the Cretans send ships to Troy
  46. Ariadne askes Daedalus how to help Theseus escape the labyrinth
People
  1. Acalle
  2. Althaemenes
  3. Androgeus
  4. Apemosyne
  5. Ariadne
  6. Asterius
  7. Atymnius
  8. Catreus
  9. Cretan Bull
  10. Crete
  11. Daedalus
  12. Deucalion
  13. Europa
  14. Glaucus
  15. Hercules
  16. Icarus
  17. Idomeneus
  18. Leucus
  19. Medea
  20. Menelaus
  21. Meriones
  22. Miletus
  23. Minos
  24. Minotaur
  25. Pasiphae
  26. Phaedra
  27. Poeas
  28. Polyidus
  29. Poseidon
  30. Procris
  31. Procris
  32. Rhadamanthys
  33. Sarpedon
  34. Talos
  35. Theseus
  36. Xenodice
Groups
  1. Argonauts
  2. Cretans vs Troy
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.6
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.26
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.7
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.7
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.1
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.2
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.3
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.1
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.8
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.3
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.10
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.15a
  13. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.15b
  14. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.29
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 645
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 228
  17. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 439
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 17.3
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 17.6
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 21.4
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 22.5
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 26.4
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 27.10
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 36.6
  25. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 42.2
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 6.7
  27. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 7.7
  28. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 26.9
  29. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 30.3
  30. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 31.1
  31. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 32.2
  32. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 33.4
  33. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 2.7
  34. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 14.2
  35. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 18.4
  36. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 18.5
  37. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 1.6
  38. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 6.1
  39. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 8.1
  40. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 16.5
  41. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 21.6
  42. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 2.5
  43. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 3.7
  44. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 4.5
  45. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 4.6
  46. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 4.8
  47. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 2.4
  48. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 18.2
  49. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 38.2
  50. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 48.3
  51. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 49.7
  52. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 50.6
  53. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 53.4
  54. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 11.4
  55. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 40.3
  56. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 2.7
  57. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 5.10
  58. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 7.2
  59. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 16.5
  60. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 30.2
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