CIVILIZATION
MINOAN
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Question
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Where did Theseus fight the Minotaur?
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A maze
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The labyrinth
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On Mt. Olympus
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Upon entering the Labyrinth, Theseus tied one end of the string to the door and continued into the maze. He found the Minotaur in the furthest corner of the Labyrinth and killed him with the jabs of his fist (or in other accounts, he sneaks in the sword of Aegeus and slays the Minotaur with it).
Detailed explanation-2: -Theseus appears, in particular fighting the Minotaur, in Greek art from the last decade of the 6th century BCE.
Detailed explanation-3: -Minos, following advice from the oracle at Delphi, had Daedalus construct a gigantic Labyrinth to hold the Minotaur. Its location was near Minos’s palace in Knossos.
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