The toreador fresco shows a ritual game in which the performers vault over the back of a bull

Knossos

Colors of figures follows same convention as in Egypt:

males = red

females = white

largest most dynamic mural recovered so far

≠ bullfight but ritual game in which performers vault over back of animal

bull jumping ritual of Crete, in which one of a team of young people grasped the horns of the bull and vaulted over his back, while another made ready to jump.

Bull was a sacred animal