Minotaur Greek A mythical monster, halfhuman, half-bull, the offspring of Pasiphaë and a bull.
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Minotaur Greek A mythical monster, halfhuman, half-bull, the offspring of Pasiphaë and a bull. Pasiphaë was the wife of King Minos of Crete. Minos wanted to keep the Minotaur hidden from the world. He asked Daedalus, the great inventor, to design a hiding place that would remain forever secret. Daedalus designed the labyrinth, a maze so full of tortuous passages that no one who entered could find a way out. Here the Minotaur lived, feeding on the flesh of young men and girls sent to him as sacrifices from Athens. At last, the hero Theseus, with the help of Ariadne, found his way into the center of the labyrinth, where he slew the Minotaur and emerged to tell the tale.
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