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| Minotaur | |
|---|---|
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| Other names | Asterion |
| Abode | Labyrinth, Crete |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Cretan Bull and Pasiphaë |
| Siblings | Acacallis, Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Xenodice and Catreus |
The Minotaur (/ˈmaɪnətɔːr, ˈmɪnətɔːr/ MY-nə-tor, MIN-ə-tor,[1][2] was the monsterous offspring of the Cretan Bull and Pasiphaë, the wife of King Minos.
Name
[edit]The word "Minotaur" derives from the Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος [miːnɔ̌ːtau̯ros] a compound of the name Μίνως (Minos) and the noun ταῦρος tauros meaning 'bull',[3] thus translated as the 'Bull of Minos'.
In Crete, the Minotaur was known by the name Asterion,[3] a name shared with Minos's foster father. Etruscan language would give the Minotaur the alternate name Θevrumineš.
English pronunciation of the word "Minotaur" is varied.
Iconography
[edit]Potential inspirations
[edit]Mythology
[edit]Birth
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Descriptions
[edit]Construction of the Labyrinth and imprisonment
[edit]Theseus and the Minotaur
[edit]Variations
[edit]Aftermath
[edit]Artistic depictions of the Minotaur
[edit]Comparative mythology
[edit]Cultural influence
[edit]In popular culture
[edit]Other uses
[edit]References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ In Ancient Greek: ὁ παῖς καλός, ho pais kalos, a common epigraphic formula found on Attic pottery (see Kalos inscription)
Citations
[edit]- ^ Bechtel 1908, p. 79.
- ^ Garnett, Vallée & Brandl 1923, p. 645.
- ^ a b Pausanias 1516, p. 2.31.1.
Works cited
[edit]Primary sources
[edit]- https://www.theoi.com/Ther/Minotauros.html
- Apollodorus of Athens (1921). Apollodorus: The Library. Vol. 1. Translated by Frazer, James. William Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-6749-9136-1.
- Pausanias (1516). Ἑλλάδος Περιήγησις [Description of Greece] (in Greek). Translated by Musurus, Marcus. Aldus Manutius.
Modern sources
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- Bechtel, John (1908). Pronunciation: Designed for Use in Schools and Colleges and Adapted to the Wants of All Persons who Wish to Pronounce According to the Highest Standards. Penn Publishing Company.
- Gantz, Timothy (1996). "Chapter 8: Minos and Crete". Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources. Vol. 2 (reprint ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-5362-3.
- Garnett, Richard; Vallée, Léon; Brandl, Alois, eds. (1923). The Book of Literature: A Comprehensive Anthology of the Best Literature, Ancient, Mediæval and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes. Vol. 33. Grolier Society.
Scholarly publications
[edit]- Gershenson, D. E. (1978). "Asterion — Asterios". Glotta. 56. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: 162–169. ISSN 0017-1298. JSTOR 40266441.
- Kotsonas, Antonis (July 1, 2018). "A Cultural History of the Cretan Labyrinth: Monument and Memory from Prehistory to the Present". American Journal of Archaeology. 122 (3). Archaeological Institute of America: 367–396. ISSN 0002-9114. JSTOR 10.3764.
- Lang, A. (June 1, 1910). "Method and Minotaur". Folklore. 21 (2). Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 132–146. JSTOR 1254683.
- Rustin, J.S. (Autumn 1982). "Ovid, Empedocles and the Minotaur". The American Journal of Philology. 103 (3). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 332–333. ISSN 0002-9475. JSTOR 294479. OCLC 33891035.