The Minotaur was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. He dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction ĭesigned by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. In Greek mythology, the Minotaur ( / ˈ m aɪ n ə t ɔːr, ˈ m ɪ n ə t ɔːr/ MY-nə-tor, MIN-ə-tor, US: / ˈ m ɪ n ə t ɑːr, - oʊ-/ MIN-ə-tar, -oh- Ancient Greek: Μινώταυρος in Latin as Minotaurus ) is a mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man (p 34) or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull". Minotaur bust ( National Archaeological Museum of Athens)Īcacallis, Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Xenodice and Catreus
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