Minoan Girl

Shakespeare finds precedents for the women of his late romances in the legends about Theseus such as his Cretan adventures. Sarcophagus of Hagia Triada. Detail of Bull Sacrifice, circa 1450-1400 BC. Pigment Molded, painted Minoan (Late): Herakleion. Archeological Museum. ©Kathleen Cohen: Cohen World Images (California State University): under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 License.