Minotaur

Min·o·taur

M0321300 (mĭn′ə-tôr′, mī′nə-)n. Greek Mythology A monster who was half man and half bull, to whom young Athenian men and women were sacrificed in the Cretan labyrinth until Theseus killed him.

Minotaur

(ˈmaɪnətɔː) n (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man. It was kept in the Labyrinth in Crete, feeding on human flesh, until destroyed by Theseus[C14: via Latin from Greek Minōtauros, from Minos + tauros bull]

Min•o•taur

(ˈmɪn əˌtɔr, ˈmaɪ nə-)

n. (in Greek myth) a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man: housed in a labyrinth on Crete, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus killed it. [< Latin Mīnōtaurus < Greek Mīnṓtauros=Minō(s) Minos + taúros bull]

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Minotaur - (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by TheseusGreek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeksmythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth

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Minotaur:

see MinosMinos
, in Greek mythology, king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. He was the husband of Pasiphaë, who bore him Androgeus, Glaucus, Ariadne, and Phaedra. Because Minos failed to sacrifice a beautiful white bull to Poseidon, the god caused Pasiphaë to conceive a lustful
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Minotaur

in ancient Greek mythology, a monster that was half-bull and half-man, the offspring of Pasiphae, wife of King Minos of Crete, and the sacred bull of the god Poseidon. According to the myth, Minos confined the Minotaur in a labyrinth and forced Athens, which was then subject to him, to send as an annual offering seven youths and seven maidens to the monster. The Athenian hero Theseus entered the labyrinth and killed the Minotaur.

Minotaur

fabulous monster of Crete, half-bull, half-man. [Gk. Myth.: EB, VI: 922]See: Bull

Minotaur

beast with bull’s head and man’s body. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 714]See: Monsters

Minotaur

Greek myth a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man. It was kept in the Labyrinth in Crete, feeding on human flesh, until destroyed by Theseus

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noun (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man

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