Minotaur facts for kids
 Minotaur bust, (National Archaeological Museum of Athens)
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| Grouping | Mythological creature |
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| Parents | Cretan Bull and Pasiphaë |
| Mythology | Greek |
| Region | Crete |
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.
Images for kids
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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
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Dante and Virgil meet the Minotaur, illustration by Gustave Doré
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Edward Burne-Jones's illustration of Theseus and the Minotaur in the Labyrinth, 1861
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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
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Theseus and the Minotaur, attic black-figure kylix tondo, ca. 450–440 BC.
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Theseus and the Minotaur. Attic red-figured plate, 520–510 BC.
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Theseus And The Minotaur
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Theseus And The Minotaur
