Knossos, where this particular Rhyton is from, was the largest Cretan palace. According to legend, King Minos, who was ruler over Knossos, was said to have hunted the half-man, half-bull creature called the Minotaur in the labyrinth where it lived. There was even a ceremony called ‘bull-leaping’ (or taurokathapsia) where men attempted to swing onto the back of the bull by grasping onto the horns from the front (Gardner, 89-91). Sacrificing bulls and playing games and sports, such as bull-leaping and bull wrestling, were very significant in Minoan religious festivals (Gregg). There have even been other objects, such as masks, horns, and axes, which have been found around Crete in excavations that portray or use part of the Bull (Minoan Culture).…