Minotaur
Publié le 22/02/2012
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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.