{"id":2537,"date":"2015-05-16T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T13:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2015-05-16T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T13:31:13","slug":"knossos-home-of-the-minotaur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=2537","title":{"rendered":"Knossos – home of the Minotaur"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you remember the myth of Theseus slaying the Minotaur? The Minotaur was half bull –\u00a0half man and liked to feast on the children of Greece. The children who were good gymnasts could stay alive by leaping over the bulls back, but in the end Theseus slayed the Minotaur and escaped the Labyrinth. There is conjecture that the Palace of Knossos was the labyrinth because it was so large and had so many rooms and corridors.<\/p>\n

The frescoes are painted\u00a0in rich, vibrant colours. \u00a0They are so large and bright, their effect is visceral. The buildings are almost modern in construction. Here are some photos.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Throne Room at Knossos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Charging<\/a>
Charging bull fresco shows the building’s modern shape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Olive<\/a>
Olive groves flourish in the volcanic soil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Minoan<\/a>
Minoan Crete fresco, circa 1700 bc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Charging Bull fresco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One’s eyes are drawn to the green in the distance and then to the bright, intense colour of the frescoes surrounded by cream stone buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you remember the myth of Theseus slaying the Minotaur? The Minotaur was half bull –\u00a0half man and liked to feast on the children of Greece. The children who were good gymnasts could stay alive by leaping over the bulls back, but in the end Theseus slayed the Minotaur and escaped the Labyrinth. There is … Continue reading Knossos – home of the Minotaur<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[48,42,7,47,41,66,67,24,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antiquities","category-art-and-sculpture","category-dreams","category-greece","category-greek-islands","category-knossos","category-minoan-crete","category-tradition","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VxXq-EV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2537"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions\/2544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}