Minotaur - mythical creature - Minoan period, Palace of Knossos, Crete - pure Bronze Sculpture

Item Specifics

Condition: New, Made in Greece.

Material: Pure Bronze

Height: 27 cm - 10,63 inches

Width: 7,4 cm - 2,91 inches

Length: 4,7 cm - 1,85 inches

Weight: 1370 g

The Minoan Civilization thrived in the Bronze age (in roughly 3,000 BC) within the Aegean. The center of this civilization was Crete while the Palace of Knossos is today a visitable excavation area with remarkable original restored exhibits from the ancient Palace. In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, "part man and part bull". He dwelt at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. The Minotaur was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus.