Headed Man of Greek Mythology(5)

Suidas s.v. En panti muthoi kai to Daidalou musos :
"It is said that Pasiphae was in love with a bull and begged Daidalos (Daedalus) to make a wooden cow and rig it up and put her in it; and mounting her like a cow, the bull made her pregnant. From her the Minotauros (Minotaur) was born. Minos for certain reasons became angry with the Athenians and collected a tribute of seven virgins and an equal number of young men from them; they were thrown to the beast."

ANCIENT GREEK & ROMAN ART

T34.4 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Black Figure Vase Painting C6th B.C.

T34.10 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Red Figure Vase Painting C5th B.C.

T34.7 Theseus, Athena, Minotaur

Athenian Red Figure Vase Painting C5th B.C.

T33.2 Pasiphae & Infant Minotaur

Apulian Red Figure Vase Painting C4th B.C.

T34.2 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Red Figure Vase Painting C6th B.C.

T34.1 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Red Figure Vase Painting C5th B.C.

T34.17 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Black Figure Vase Painting C6th B.C.

T34.18 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Black Figure Vase Painting C6th B.C.

T34.14 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Black Figure Vase Painting C6th B.C.

T34.3 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Black Figure Vase Painting C6th B.C.

T34.9 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Black Figure Vase Painting C6th B.C.

T34.16 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Black Figure Vase Painting C6th B.C.

T34.11 Theseus & the Minotaur

Boeotian Black Figure Vase Painting C6th B.C.

T34.8 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Red Figure Vase Painting C5th B.C.

T34.15 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Red Figure Vase Painting C5th B.C.

T34.5 Theseus & the Minotaur

Athenian Red Figure Vase Painting C5th B.C.

Z45.1 Theseus & the Minotaur

Greco-Roman Rhaetia Floor Mosaic C3rd A.D.

Z45.3 Theseus & the Minotaur

Greco-Roman Pompeii Floor Mosaic C1st A.D.

F45.1 Theseus, Youths, Minotaur

Greco-Roman Pompeii Wall Fresco C1st A.D.

Z45.4 Theseus, Youths, Minotaur

Greco-Roman Chieti Floor Mosaic A.D.

Z45.2 Labyrinth of the Minotaur

Greco-Roman Cremona Floor Mosaic C1st A.D.

SOURCES GREEK ROMAN BYZANTINE

Suidas, The Suda - Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.

OTHER SOURCES

Other references not currently quoted here: Plutarch Greek Questions 35.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A complete bibliography of the translations quoted on this page.

MINOTAUR SUMMARY THE MINOTAUR

Parents The Cretan Bull and Pasiphae

Form Bull-headed man

Home The labyrinth of Crete

Slain by Theseus

Other Names Asterion

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