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Frescoed throne room in the palace of King Minos at Knossos, Crete, featuring red walls with painted motifs, a stone throne, benches, and a round basin on the floor.
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Frescoed throne room in the palace of King Minos at Knossos, Crete, featuring red walls with painted motifs, a stone throne, benches, and a round basin on the floor.
Palace of King Minos Frescoed throne room, palace of King Minos at Knossos, Crete, c. 1700–1400 bce.

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Minos, legendary ruler of Crete; he was the son of Zeus, the king of the gods, and of Europa, a Phoenician princess and personification of the continent of Europe. Minos obtained the Cretan throne by the aid of the Greek god Poseidon, and from Knossos (or Gortyn) he gained control over the Aegean islands, colonizing many of them and ridding the sea of pirates. He married Pasiphae, the daughter of Helios, who bore him, among...

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