Minotaur
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
a grievous and great monster · the monster reared in Crete · this monster, half-man and half-bull
spoken of as
1 expressionA monster born of the queen and the bull“Minotaur”1 mention
Orations (Greek)
They say an ancient queen of the Heliadae in Crete loved a bull, and consorting with it bore a grievous and great monster.
in the texts
Orations
Monstrous offspring (understood as the Minotaur) resulting from unnatural passion, cited as a warning.
They say an ancient queen of the Heliadae in Crete loved a bull, and consorting with it bore a grievous and great monster.
Helen
Hybrid monster, half-man and half-bull, offspring of Pasiphae, slain by Theseus in Crete.
At about the same time appeared the monster reared in Crete, the offspring of Pasipha, daughter of Helius, to whom our city was sending, in accordance with an oracle’s command, tribute of twice seven children.
Having embarked with them for Crete, he subdued this monster, half-man and half-bull, which possessed strength commensurate with its composite origin, and having rescued the children, he restored them to their parents, and thus freed the city from an obligation so savage, so terrible, and so ineluctable.