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Minotaur

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (Ancient Greek: Μινώταυρος, romanized: Mīnṓtauros), 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(p 34) or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull". He dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth…

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Etymology

Creation myth

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Theseus myth

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related to Literature and plays · 36
Minotaur → American, Argentine, Ariadne, Asterion, Borges, Chronicles, Cigarette Break, Danielewski, David Harsent's, Harrison Birtwistle, House, In, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Knossos, Leaves, Los, Mark, Mary Renault's, Minotaur's
related to Appearance · 21
Minotaur → According, Achelous, Aeneid, Book VI, Classical, Deianira, Dryden's, Edith Hamilton's Mythology, From, It, Labyrinth, Middle Ages, Ovid's Latin, Renaissance, Sophocles's Trachiniai, Steele Savage's, The, The Minotaur, This, Venetian
related to Dante's Inferno · 21
Minotaur → Ariadne, Athens, Canto, Canto XVI, Circle, Crete, Creti, Dante, Dante's Inferno, Dis, Duke, Fraud, Geryon, In, Italian, Middle Ages, Some, The Minotaur, Theseus, Violence
related to Theseus myth · 21
Minotaur → Aegeus, All, Androgeon, Androgeus, Athenian, Athenians, Athens, Catullus, Cretan, Cretan Bull, In, King Minos, Labyrinth, Marathon, Minos, Minotaur's, Panathenaic Games, Pausanias's, Some, The
related to Creation myth · 17
Minotaur → After, Aphrodite, As, Asterius, Crete, Daedalus, Delphi, Helios, Its, Knossos, Labyrinth, Minos, Minos's, Pasiphaë, Poseidon, She, To
related to Etymology · 17
Minotaur → Ancient Greek, Asterion, Asterios, Bull, English, Etruscan, In Crete, Latin, MIN-oh, MIN-ə-tar, MIN-ə-tor, Minos, Minos's, Minotaurus, MY-nə-tor, The, The Minotaur
related to Film · 14
Minotaur → American, Bob Mathias, Crete, DVD, Hyperion, In Immortals, Italian, Lions Gate, Silvio Amadio, Tarsem Singh, Theo, Theseus, Tom Hardy, Wild Beast
related to Interpretations · 14
Minotaur → Achilles, Ariadne, Asterion, Asterius, Daedalus, Greek, Homer, Knossian, Knossos, Labyrinth, Minos's, The, Theseus, While
see also · 8
Minotaur → BalkansOx-Head, Chinese, Horse-Face, Kao, Labyrinth, Meitei, Mesopotamian, Theseus
related to Video games and role-playing games · 7
Minotaur → Ariadne, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Dragons, Dungeons, In, The, Theseus

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theseus minos labyrinth bull athens ariadne crete head man asterion death king classical body minos's son myth knossos dante virgil

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Minotauris afirst infernal guardian whom Virgil and Dante encounter within the walls of Dis0.90text
Minotauris arecurring character in Rick Riordan's Camp Half-Blood Chronicles0.90text
Minotauris atallest and most dangerous warrior of Hyperion0.90text
Minotauris alegendary creature to be defeated in a boss fight0.90text
Minotaurrelated to AppearanceThe Minotaur0.60section
Minotaurrelated to AppearanceClassical0.60section
Minotaurrelated to AppearanceAccording0.60section
Minotaurrelated to AppearanceSophocles's Trachiniai0.60section
Minotaurrelated to AppearanceAchelous0.60section
Minotaurrelated to AppearanceDeianira0.60section
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Minotaurrelated to AppearanceRenaissance0.60section

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