Minotaur act secured the throne for Theseus. This essentially Athenian view of the Minotaur as the antagonist of Theseus reflects the literary sources, which are biased in favour of Athenian perspectives. The Etruscans, who paired Ariadne with Dionysus, never with Theseus, offered an alternative Etruscan view of the Minotaur, never seen in Greek arts: on an Etruscan red-figure wine-cup of the early-to-mid fourth century Pasiphaë tenderly cradles an infant Minotaur on her knee. The contest between Theseus and the Minotaur was frequently represented in Greek art. A Knossian didrachm exhibits on one side the labyrinth, on the other the Minotaur surrounded
Valley of the Minotaur Valley of the Minotaur Valley of the Minotaur is a computer game for the Apple II, Commodore 64, Commodore PET, VIC-20 home computers. It was published by "Softalk" magazine, under the "Zeuss Scientific" label in 1983. It was released on a 5¼ inch floppy disk. It is a work of interactive fiction, also known as a ""text adventure"". The game occurs within a large, fictional setting that includes a detailed and exotic terrain, with some references to Greek mythology. Despite the fact it relies on a simple verb-noun parser, it appears to be inspired by the first of the "Zork"