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Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, the Minotaur (), also known as Asterion or Asterius, is a mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull". He dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, upon command of King Minos of Crete. According to tradition, every nine years the people of Athens were compelled by King Minos to choose fourteen young noble citizens (seven men and seven women) to
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur is a creature with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man that lived at the center of an elaborate maze called the Labyrinth, which was built by the architect Daedalus on the orders of King Minos of Crete. The Minotaur became central to a grim ritual in which Athens was forced to send young citizens to the Labyrinth every nine years, likely as a sacrifice to the creature.
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- Deity.other_names
- Asterion
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Minotaur
- Deity.image
- Tondo Minotaur London E4 MAN.jpg
- Deity.caption
- The Minotaur on an Attic kylix tondo from BC with a kalos inscription.
- Deity.abode
- Labyrinth, Crete
- Deity.parents
- Cretan Bull and Pasiphaë
- Deity.siblings
- Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus (son of Minos), Deucalion, Phaedra
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- Has part
- human leg
- Named after
- Minos
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Cretan Bull
- Mother
- Pasiphaë
- Image
- Tondo Minotaur London E4 MAN.jpg
- Residence
- Labyrinth of Knossos
- Said to be same as
- Asterion
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- Commons category
- Minotaur
- killed by
- Theseus
- name in native language
- Μῑνώταυρος
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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