Naxos sits at the heart of Greek myth as few Cycladic islands do. The largest of the Cyclades held Mount Zas, the peak where legend says the infant Zeus was raised in a mountain cave. Naxos was also the sacred island of Dionysus, god of wine, and the stage for the story of Ariadne, the … Read more
Theseus and the Minotaur is one of the most famous legends of ancient Greece: the story of an Athenian prince who sailed to Crete, entered the winding Labyrinth beneath Knossos, and killed the bull-headed Minotaur to end his city’s grim tribute of human victims. It is a tale of courage, cunning, and tragic forgetting that … Read more
Ariadne was the princess of Knossos who gave Theseus the thread to escape the labyrinth, only to be abandoned and later wed to the god Dionysus. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. Ariadne is one of the great figures linked to the Palace of Knossos. The sections below cover who she was, the … Read more