taurokathapsia

Meaning

Noun

Bull-leaping, as depicted in Bronze Age art, especially from Minoan Crete.

Origin

From Revived Ancient Greek ταυροκαθάψια, variant of ταυροκάθαψις, from ταῦρος + κάθαψις. Apparently coined by Arthur Evans, the excavator of Knossos, in ca. 1910.

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