Pasiphaë
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In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë was the daughter of Helios, queen of Crete, and mother of the Minotaur. After her husband Minos failed to sacrifice the Cretan Bull to Poseidon as promised, the god cursed
Pasiphaë nursing the infant Minotaur, red-figure kylix found at Etruscan Vulci, 4th century BC
Daedalus presents the artificial cow to Pasiphaë: Roman fresco in the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, 1st century CE.
Pasiphaë sits on a throne, a Roman mosaic from Zeugma Mosaic Museum
Pasiphae entering the hollow cow by Giulio Romano (15th century)
Cretan Bull
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In Greek mythology, the Cretan Bull was the bull with whom Pasiphaë fell in love and conceived the Minotaur.
Pasiphaë
…In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë was the daughter of Helios, queen of Crete, and mother of the Minotaur. After her husband Minos failed to sacrifice the Cretan Bull to Poseidon as promised, the god cursed Pasiphaë to fall in love with the bull. She had Daedalus build a hollow wooden cow for her to hide in, which…
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Ancient drachma from Larissa, around 420 BC, depicting Heracles with the Cretan Bull. Now in the Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland
Heracles performing one of his labors as he forces the Cretan Bull to the ground. The engraving was created by B. Picart in 1731.
Hercules capturing the Cretan Bull, engraving by John Cassell in his Works of Eminent Masters in Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Decorative Art, 1854.