Mycenaean bull-leaping (Taurokathapsia) 14th-13th C. BCE

"Wall-painting fragments with a representation of bull-leaping (Taurokathapsia). (Detail)

An acrobat leaps over the bull while holding onto its horns. This ritual theme symbolizes the struggle and dominion of man over wild nature. From the earlier Tiryns palace."

-taken from windmills-travel link below

Mycenaean bull-leaping (Taurokathapsia) 14th-13th C. BCE. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Illustration by Heinrich Schliemann 1890.


Source/Quote:

http://www.windmills-travel.com/album.php?destination=1&destinationtype=region&id=42&page=27#

https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schliemann1886/0571/image

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