"I have seen many paintings of people leaping or cutting the ... he turned instinctively to the palace of Minoan Crete, to that encounter between man and bull that still haunts us all ...

The Bull-Leaping-Fresco from the Great Palace at Knossos, Crete. (The original is located at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete) The image may only be used with credit to the author ...

Minoan Bull Leaper ... idea of confronting the bull. "I have seen many paintings of people leaping or cutting the bulls. There always has been a kind of game between men and bulls ...

Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Minoan ... the bull. "I have seen many paintings of people leaping or cutting the bulls. There always has been a kind of game between men and bulls ...

Perhaps the inspiration for Atlantis, Minoan ... Crete center around King Minos, son of the god Zeus and the Phoenician princess Europa. The thunder god had turned himself into a gentle, white bull.