Page 267 - Four Thousand Years Ago by Geoffrey Bibby

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In a room to the east of the great central court of the palace at Knossos this spirited
fresco was found. It shows three acrobats, the center one a girl, somersaulting over the
back of a charging bull. Experienced Spanish bullfighters claim that the feat is impos­
sible. Certainly the legends of the Minotaur (the Bull of Minos) suggest that the sport
may have been engaged in from religious motives.