Taurokathapsia Definition

noun
(rare) Bull-leaping, as depicted in Bronze Age art, especially from Minoan Crete.
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Origin of Taurokathapsia

  • From Ancient Greek ταυροκαθάψια (taurokathapsia), variant of ταυροκάθαψις (taurokathapsis), from ταῦρος (tauros, “bull”) + κάθαψις (kathapsis). Apparently coined by Arthur Evans, the excavator of Knossos, in ca. 1910.

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