![]() ![]() ![]() 40, Ovid Metamorphoses 8.130, Virgil Aeneid 6.24, Suidas) ![]() THE KRETAN BULL & PASIPHAE (Apollodorus 3.8, Callimachus Hymn 4.311, Diodorus Siculus 4.77.1, Philostratus Elder 1.16, Hyginus Fab. The Minotauros' proper name Asterion, "the starry one," suggests he might have been associated with the constellation Tauros. The beast was eventually slain by the hero Theseus. The creature resided in the twisting maze of the labyrinth where it was offfered a regular sacrifice of youths and maidens to satisfy its cannibalistic hunger. THE MINOTAUROS (Minotaur) was a bull-headed monster born to Queen Pasiphae of Krete (Crete) after she coupled with a bull. Bull of Minos Theseus and the Minotaur, Athenian black-figure kylix C6th B.C., Toledo Museum of Art ![]()
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