> and the first finder winner....
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> Anna and the Kids!
I truly thought RedinSF was going to surprise everyone... Anna
again! Anna, are you on a scooter now, too? How do you maneuver so
fast? Princess Lea is still parking her car...
The location is one of the spots that those 2 informed guys I met
while working on 'Minotaur' suggested that I use for planting a box.
It's sort of a secret oasis smack in the middle of the city. If you
can get to 'Cat and Mouse' between 3 - 5 PM, the late afternoon
light is really magical.
I didn't have mosquito trouble ... maybe it was the time of day.
Also, I'm extending 'Emblem of Eros' until sometime in Novemeber, in
honor of Doublesaj & Old Blue, who are in Italy celebrating their
anniversary. They need more time to get to 'Eros', and since they're
part of the clues, I'm happy to extend.
Now, back to the epic Maze... did you know that 'minotaur' is a word
that combines Minos, the king of Crete, and taurus, or bull? It
tells you that it was King Minos' bull. It lived in a labryinth,
which may refer to his grand palace at Knossos.
Current thinking believes that this was the product of overly active
imaginations. Crete hosted festival games that featured acrobatics
involving bulls. Athens would diplomatically send youths to
participate in these dangerous games. When they died in bull
accidents, and didn't return, fertile Athenian minds got facts
scambled, and the legend of the minotaur was formed.
I went to Knossos on Crete several years ago, and the scariest thing
about it was the busloads of tourists. The secret is to visit at
noon, when the buses take lunch. There are fabulous frescoes there,
including one of a youth somersaulting on the back of a bull.
I see the story of the minotaur as a myth about facing and
conquering your fears. Quite heavy on the testosterone...
Paul in SF