Minotaur

Inspired by the recurring theme in Surrealist art today's post will be focusing on the Minotaur myth.
The Minotaur is the child of Pasiphae and either a sacred bull of the god Poseidon or Zeus in the form. Naturally the Minotaur was born with the head of a bull and the body of a man, his name was Asterion.

The Minotaur by George Fredrick Watts, 1885.

Minotaur Caressing a Sleeping Woman by Pablo Picasso, 1933-34.

The Minotaur was kept in a labyrinth beneath King Minos's (Pasiphae's husband) court and placated with human sacrifices from Athens.

Theseus came to Crete as one of these sacrifices to kill the Minotaur and thus save the people of Athens.

Cover of Weird Tales January 1945, cover art by Margaret Brundage.

Lucky for Theseus, Ariadne (daughter of Minos and Pasiphae) was willing to sell out her half brother. She gave him some string and held onto one end so he wouldn't get lost in the Labyrinth.

Theseus killed the Minotaur.

Theseus and the Minotaur by Chris Harding.

The Minotaur, Steadfast and Persistent by Shag, 1999.

And everyone lived happily ever after... except the Minotaur... oh and Theseus got bored of Ariadne and ditched her on some island. She did meet Dionysus there though and they proved quite the happy couple. I guess that's something.

Picture of the Week

I'm feeling quite the fool this morning. Turns out I managed to score a job interview (a proper job with pay and everything) and being the self-sabotager that I am failed to check my email and phone messages and had to woefully turn down the offer because I wouldn't make it in time. I feeling very stupid and shame faced and still quite sick. On the up side I'm playing Pokemon of DS which is super fun (doesn't seem to even things out though does it). Maybe this will, I looked into the artist Shag, and was tickled pink by his interpretations of Shakespeare and Myth.

Nick Bottom

Now I don't want to make any wild assumptions since all I'm going on is the title and the picture but I'm pretty sure this a depiction of a few wonderful characters (Bottom for one) from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream, a fantastical and most amusing tale.


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