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Minotaur facts for kids
The Minotaur (Greek: Μινώταυρος) is a creature in Greek mythology. He is shown as half-bull, half-man, normally with the head of a bull and body of a man. He lived at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth (maze). The Labyrinth was built for King Minos by Daedalus. The Minotaur was killed by Theseus. The term minotaur now refers to a race of bull-headed creatures created for the modern fantasy fiction genre.
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The bronze "Horned God" from Enkomi, Cyprus
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Rhyton in the shape of a bull's head, Heraklion Archaeological Museum; shown here at the Greek pavilion at Expo '88
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Dante and Virgil meet the Minotaur, illustration by Gustave Doré
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William Blake's image of the Minotaur to illustrate Inferno XII
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The Minotaur in the Labyrinth, engraving of a 16th-century AD gem in the Medici Collection in the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence