Minotaur Collection

Theseus and Minotaur
He fights - and slays - the Minotaur in the labyrinth of king Minos at his royal palace in Crete

Minotaur beetle, Typhaeus typhoeus (Scarabaeus pumilus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Plan and entrance to the Labyrinth caves of Crete
Plan of the underground caves near Agioi-Deka, Gortyn, Crete, and entrance to the caves. Believed to be the site of the mythical Labyrinth by Charles Robert Cockerell

H. M.s Minotaur
H.M.S Minotaur and Agincourt, built in the River Thames by Ironworks Company at Blackwall, was delivered complete into the possession of the Lord of the Admiralty. Date: 1865

TURNER, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851). The shipwreck of the Minotaur. ca. 1810. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon Calouste Gulbenkian Museum)

Theseus Enters Labyrinth
Ariadne, daughter of the Cretan King, Minos, watches Theseus as he enters the labyrinth to slay the Minotaur. The string will help him trace his way out again

Theseus Slays Minotaur
The Minotaur, the monster kept by King Minos in his labyrinth on Crete and fed each year on the flesh of seven youths and seven maidens from Athens, is slain by Theseus

Theseus Roosevelt and the Minotaur
Theseus Roosevelt and the minotaur : Roosevelt challenges the Chicago beef trusts. Date: 1906

Theseus standing over the slain Minotaur in Crete.. Painting showing Theseus standing over the slain Minotaur in Crete. He leads the young Athenians out of the cave, while Dyctinna, the Cretan Diana

HMS Defence, British protected cruiser
HMS Defence, British Minotaur class protected cruiser. Date: circa 1910

HMS Minotaur at Gibraltar, c. 1880. c. 1880

Theseus & Ariadne
Ariadne, daughter of Minos, king of Crete, helps Theseus overcome the Minotaur, and then accompanies him to Naxos, where he deserts her - here he says goodbye while she weeps

The Minotaur - half man, half bull - is here depicted as bull up to the waist, man above the waist: most depictions are the other way round (bull head, mans body)

Theseus Tells Ariadne
He tells Ariadne, daughter of Minos, king of Crete, that - with her help - he has overcome the Minotaur which was menacing the island

Hercules & Cretan Bull
Hercules captures the Cretan Bull which was given to King Minos by Poseidon. (The Minotaur was the offspring of the wife of King Minos and the Cretan bull she so admired)

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