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...second horse to stamp in was Minotaur. Dr. Freeland had passed him only 100 yds. before the finish line. One hour and a few minutes before the race Minotaur was owned by Charles Graffagnini, a New Orleans butcher. Restaurateurs habitually buy from butchers. One hour before the race, Chicago Restaurateur John R. Thompson Jr. bought Minotaur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Turf | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

Everyone associates with Knossos the old legend of the Labyrinth and its Minotaur. The atr cities of this legend however were recognized in Plutarch's day as inventions, due chiefly to Athenian patriotism, which glorified Theseus at the expense of Minos. Nevertheless, Minos is in reality the sole and genuine embodiment of the political greatness achieved in Mycenaean days, just as Daedalus, the architect of Minos, impersonates the marvellous skill in handicrafts and arts that marked the days when Minos ruled the sea. Both of them are strangely metamorphosed by many whimsical legends which bear more or less on Knossian...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Dyer's Last Lecture on Crete. | 12/22/1900 | See Source »

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