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I tried responding to this before but it did not seem to take. So I will try again. There are multiple versions of the stories, and so I have to choose between them. There are several possibilities for the father of Antiope's children: Zeus, the Regent Lykus, or King Epopeus of Sikyon...

Her name was Dirke, and she mis-treated a woman named Antiope. By mis-treatment, I mean that she broke up Antiope's first marriage and banished her from Thebes. Years later, Thebes conquered Sikyon (where Antiope had become queen) and Dirke enslaved Antiope. Dirke also abused her - beat her, I...

Someone asked why a person would be executed by tying that person's wrists to a bull's horns. I think it would be "justified" by several considerations: (a) The bull would be considered responsible for the death of the woman, instead of the people who tied her wrists to its horns (b) The gods...

Thanks for all the information! It is extremely helpful, and I will look for information on rodeo clowns. As to when the book(s) with the bulls in them will be published, I will let you know when I know myself. They are part of a series set in Bronze Age Greece, what is known as the golden age...

Dear Forum, I was here once before to ask a question for research for my novel; now I have another. How old do bulls have to be before they are considered dangerous? How old would a bull be when it is considered full-grown? If you would like to know why I am asking, it is because in my novel...

to dun: The Aurochs are the ancestors of most cattle today, but cattle have been domesticated a long time - there seems to be evidence going back nine or ten thousand years BC. There also seems to be interbreeding with other closely related species - the yak and the zebu. The last wild aurochs...

It takes place 3000 years ago, so it is hard to be 100% sure. But it will be a large-horned animal, so I will give it buds. But nothing else! Victoria http://www.tapestryofbronze.com

Thank you, Jake! No horns - just buds. Victoria

To answer the question: my novels are set in ancient Greece, based on mythology and archaeology, and one of the main characters in what I am working on starts life as a cowherd. Cattle were very important to the Greeks (as they were to a number of the ancient civilizations) and the area of...

Dear Cattle Experts - I am not an expert on cattle. I am a writer, working on a novel, and one thing I can't seem to locate while doing research is the age cows / bulls would be when they get horns. Could someone who knows please help? Thanks so much Victoria Grossack...