[HN Gopher] The true history of the Minotaur: what archaeology r...
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       The true history of the Minotaur: what archaeology reveals
        
       Author : joebig
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2026-02-15 18:42 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nationalgeographic.fr)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nationalgeographic.fr)
        
       | jmclnx wrote:
       | The article is in french
        
         | patrickmay wrote:
         | So we know the minotaur probably didn't speak English.
        
         | 5555624 wrote:
         | This appears to be the English version :
         | https://archive.is/gsv8r
        
         | sejje wrote:
         | My browser has a translate feature. I imagine it's pretty
         | standard.
        
       | 1024core wrote:
       | English version, but paywalled:
       | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/...
       | 
       | (can read in FF's "reader mode").
       | 
       | Archive link: https://archive.ph/gsv8r
        
         | MrDresden wrote:
         | It seems disabling JavaScript on that page also loads the full
         | content.
        
       | internet_points wrote:
       | I always considered https://files.blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/wp-
       | content/blogs.dir/397... the true one
        
         | gnatman wrote:
         | the Master
        
       | svilen_dobrev wrote:
       | partially related..
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       | the Minotaur is one of the main "characters" in Physics of Sorrow
       | by Georgi Gospodinov.
       | 
       | https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Sorrow-Georgi-Gospodinov/dp/1...
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       | https://losangelesreview.org/book-review-the-physics-of-sorr...
        
       | rawgabbit wrote:
       | If I understand correctly, the article says the "maze" was
       | actually the many rooms of the Cretan palace. The word
       | "labyrinth" comes from the sacred ax called "labrys" used to kill
       | the bulls during sacrifice. The minotaur was an invention
       | symbolizing a foreign power that Athens fought with and will
       | overcome?
        
       | sapphicsnail wrote:
       | The article mentions that Sappho referenced the Athenians sending
       | sacrifices to Crete but I can't find the fragment anywhere and
       | I'm guessing it doesn't exist.
        
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