Further Resources: The Cretan Bull

• Read the story of Hercules and the Cretan Bull, as told by Apollodorus, the ancient writer who collected legends in his mythology handbook, the Library.
• Read more in Apollodorus about Minos and the Minotaur and about the hero Theseus.

• The Temple of Zeus at Olympia was decorated with sculptures illustrating the Labors of Hercules. Look at the sculpture catalog entry for the Cretan Bull metope.
• Look at ancient coins with pictures of bulls on them.

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