Minotaur - Mythopedia
May 20, 2023 · The Minotaur was a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man. Pasiphae, the wife of the Cretan king Minos, had fallen in love with the Cretan Bull and devised a way to couple with it; the Minotaur was the result of that union. It was imprisoned in a huge maze called the Labyrinth, where it received regular sacrifices of young men ...
Theseus – Mythopedia
May 16, 2023 · Theseus was the product of an affair between Aegeus, the king of Athens, and Aethra, a princess of Troezen. But in some traditions, the sea god Poseidon slept with Aethra the same night as Aegeus, making Theseus his son instead. Theseus was raised by his mother Aethra in Troezen. The identity of his father was kept secret until Theseus had ...
Ariadne - Mythopedia
May 23, 2023 · Ariadne, daughter of the Cretan king Minos and his wife Pasiphae, is best remembered for helping the hero Theseus slay the Minotaur. She became so enamored with Theseus when he arrived in Crete that she decided to assist him on his mission (betraying her father in the process).