Minotaur

Minotaur
Minotaur
	The Minotaur on an Attic kylix tondo from c. 515 BC with the inscription 'the boy is beautiful'.
Other names	Asterion
Abode	Labyrinth, Crete
Genealogy
Parents	Cretan Bull and Pasiphaë
Siblings	Acacallis, Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Xenodice and Catreus

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur^[b] (Ancient Greek: Μινώταυρος, Minṓtauros), also known as Asterion, is a mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man^[4]^(p 34) or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull".^[c] He dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction^[d] designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, upon command of King Minos of Crete. According to tradition, the people of Athens were compelled by King Minos to choose fourteen young noble citizens (seven men and seven women) to be offered as sacrificial victims to the Minotaur in retribution for the death of Minos' son Androgeos. The Minotaur was eventually slain by the Athenian hero Theseus, who managed to navigate the labyrinth with the help of a thread offered to him by the King's daughter, Ariadne.

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^ "English Dictionary: Definition of Minotaur". Collins. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
^ Bechtel, John Hendricks (1908), Pronunciation: Designed for Use in Schools and Colleges and Adapted to the Wants of All Persons who Wish to Pronounce According to the Highest Standards, Penn Publishing Co.
^ Garnett, Richard; Vallée, Léon; Brandl, Alois (1923), The Book of Literature: A Comprehensive Anthology of the Best Literature, Ancient, Mediæval and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes, vol. 33, Grolier society.
^ ^a ^b Kern, Hermann (2000). Through the Labyrinth. Munich, London, New York: Prestel. ISBN 379132144-7.
^ Ovid. Ars Amatoria. 2.24.
^ A. Pedo cited by Rusten, J.S. (Autumn 1982). "Ovid, Empedocles, and the Minotaur". The American Journal of Philology. 103 (3): 332–333, esp. 332. doi:10.2307/294479. JSTOR 294479.
^ Doob, Penelope Reed (April 1990). The Idea of the Labyrinth: From Classical antiquity through the Middle Ages. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-080142393-2.
^ Kern (2000);^[4]^(Chapter 1) Doob (1990)^[7]^(Chapter 2)

[collins_english-2] "English Dictionary: Definition of Minotaur". Collins. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

[books.google.com-3] Bechtel, John Hendricks (1908), Pronunciation: Designed for Use in Schools and Colleges and Adapted to the Wants of All Persons who Wish to Pronounce According to the Highest Standards, Penn Publishing Co.

[4] Garnett, Richard; Vallée, Léon; Brandl, Alois (1923), The Book of Literature: A Comprehensive Anthology of the Best Literature, Ancient, Mediæval and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes, vol. 33, Grolier society.

[Kern-2000-6] Kern, Hermann (2000). Through the Labyrinth. Munich, London, New York: Prestel. ISBN 379132144-7.

[7] Ovid. Ars Amatoria. 2.24.

[8] A. Pedo cited by Rusten, J.S. (Autumn 1982). "Ovid, Empedocles, and the Minotaur". The American Journal of Philology. 103 (3): 332–333, esp. 332. doi:10.2307/294479. JSTOR 294479.

[Doob-1990-10] Doob, Penelope Reed (April 1990). The Idea of the Labyrinth: From Classical antiquity through the Middle Ages. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-080142393-2.

[11] Kern (2000);^[4]^(Chapter 1) Doob (1990)^[7]^(Chapter 2)

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