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Minos

Minos, son of Licasto and Iton, powerful king of 'island of Crete , married Pasiphae, and she had six children including Ariadne, Phaedra , Androgeus and Glauco .
Promise to Poseidon to sacrifice everything that had come from the sea to Crete, but did not want to sacrifice a beautiful white bull that Poseidon had sent the same.
Aphrodite, for revenge of Pasiphae, wife of Minos, who made sacrifices in his honor, inspired a 'insane passion for that white bull, which gave birth to the Minotaur .

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The 'audacity of Icarus

When the two men passed winged sea Daedalus and Icarus , birds fugggivano scared.
pass by the islands and shepherds raise their astonished eyes, believing in fantastic visions.
Icarus could hear the cries of astonishment of the farmers, he saw the men stunned and felt increasingly become proud, he seemed almost to be a god, so high in the sky, so clear and fast in the clouds.
must have been even better reach heaven, through the sublime way of stars, thought Icarus.
"Groped a daring flight close to the sun, to look closely at the 'immense luminous star!" thought of Icarus.
Almost without realizing it, dragged by his own desire, he went away, little by little in the wake tacciatagli by his father Daedalus, who preceded him. He put
, rapidly rising towards the high region of the firmament, but the burning heat of the sun soon softening the wax was scented join the wings behind him, broke up the feathers of 'armor that held them together and precipitated in waves of the sea below.
Icarus tried in vain to remain suspended in the 'air from his arms frantically. Chiuma fell into the sea and covered him. Since then

that sea is called Icarus Tues.
Daedalus found out later of 'recklessness of his son, could not do anything to avoid the tragic death in' Ocean and had to continue the flight, till he came to Cuma.
Here he built a magnificent temple dedicated to Apollo and spends his prodigious wings.
L 'anguish over son's death, but did not allow him svolpire on all the doors of the temple's history Minos and its progeny, creating a fantastic, wonderful oepra d' art.
but when he came to the poor seems to sculpt the 'episode of his escape from the labyrinth and the death of Icarus, his hands trembled with emotion, the chisel fell to earth and 'work remained unfinished.

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The birth of Aphrodite (Venus)


The goddess of beauty, 'love and marriage bond. According
Homer was born of Zeus and Dione, according to others from Uranus and Gaia, according to Hesiod instead came from the sea foam, and a shell, driven by Zephyrus, and carried her on the beach of 'island of Cyprus, there was Hours and received from the flow on 'Olympus.
All the gods were amazed at the superb beauty of Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis, and even he suffered the charm.
Zeus granted the wife of Hephaestus reward for having provided the lightning in the war against the Giants.
Were the companions of Aphrodite Charites, Rice, the Loves, the games, and the whole procession she needed to win the hearts of gods and men.
He had a popular cult, and was also honored as the protector of navigation: the city that mostly were venerated in Cyprus, Cythera, Corinth and Argos.
Among the plants were sacred myrtle, rose apple and the poppy, among animals the sparrow, the dove, the hare, the goat, swan, turtle, the dolphin.
He had many nicknames, including the best known are: Areia (warrior), Cyprian, Peach, Venus, Ponti (Navy), Anadiomene (born from the sea foam), Euploia (good surfing), Acidalia, Erice, Anzeia (flower), Pandemic (of all people), Idalia, Pafia, Amatusia and Urania.
The Romans identified with Venus.