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."
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 BYZANTINESuidas, The Suda - Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.
OTHER SOURCESOther references not currently quoted here: Plutarch Greek Questions 35.
BIBLIOGRAPHYA complete bibliography of the translations quoted on this page.
MINOTAUR SUMMARY THE MINOTAURParents The Cretan Bull and Pasiphae
Form Bull-headed man
Home The labyrinth of Crete
Slain by Theseus
Other Names Asterion
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