Minotaur was the offspring of the wife of mythic king Minos and a bull, gift by the god Poseidon. He was a monster part man, part bull. Minos, to hide his shame built a labyrinth and put the creature in the middle of it. Minos won a war against Athens (probably to revenge the death of his son). read more
The Minotaur was a monster in Greek mythology, half-bull and half-human. He lived in the Labyrinth, which expanded underneath the court of King Minos in Crete, and he was born from the union of Minos' wife Pasiphae with the Cretan Bull. read more
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (/ ˈ m aɪ n ə t ɔːr /, / ˈ m ɪ n ə ˌ t ɔːr /; Ancient Greek: Μῑνώταυρος [miːnɔ̌ːtau̯ros], Latin: Minotaurus, Etruscan: Θevrumineś) is a mythical creature portrayed in Classical times with the head of a bull and the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull". read more