(~1650 BCE · Crete, the Aegean, and the Eastern Mediterranean)
The Narrator tells of the fateful flight of Icarus, son of Daedalus, brother of Iapyx, and spurned suitor of Ariadne. It bears little resemblance to what Greek myth-makers would conjure up in centuries still to come.
Based on Chapter 10 of Beginning by Geoff Micks.
(Toreador Fresco, Late Minoan painting from Knossos, Crete, depicting young people vaulting over a bull, c. 1450–1400 bce; in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete.)
(Fresco of Minoan Fisherman.)
(Akrotiri fresco of a Minoan town.)
(Akrotiri fresco of a Minoan palace.)
(Minoans carrying offerings in a cult procession. Please note, much of this is a reconstruction.)
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Credits:
Voice Acting – Geoff Micks
Editing – Geoff Micks
Music – Dimitri Kovalchuk (MokuseiNoMaguro) through Pixabay
Additional Music – Aleksey Voronin (Amaksi) through Pixabay
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