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- sent to Minos on Crete
- Rationalized form
- 👤 Tauros (rat. Bull of Poseidon)
- Sometimes conflated with
👤 the Cretan Bull Heracles' seventh Labor
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Animal belonging to
- 👤 Poseidon
- Father of
👤 the Minotaur killed by Theseus
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, EhoiaiEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPalaiphatosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Ovid, MetamorphosesOvidLatin
- Has children with
👤 Pasiphae (Cretan) wife of Minos, mother of Minotaur
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Hesiod, EhoiaiEpicHesiodGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)HesiodPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPalaiphatosLate Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Ovid, MetamorphosesOvidLatinHeracleitos, On Unbelievable StoriesHeracleitosLucian, The DanceLucianLucian
- Related Entities
- 👤 the Cretan Bull 👤 Daidalos 🌍 Mount Dicte (Crete) 👤 Poseidon 🌍 Crete (island) 👤 Pasiphae (Cretan) 👤 Minos 👤 the Minotaur 🌍 Gortyna (Crete) 🏺 the Replica Cow ⭐ Taurus (constellation)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.7 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.8 📖 Euripides, Hippolytos 307-352 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.1.3-3.1.4 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 93 Most 📖 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 7 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 2 📖 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 26 📖 Lucian, Astrology 16 📖 Lucian, The Dance 49 📖 Lucian, Lucius, or the Ass 51 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.145 📖 Pomponius Mela 2.112 📖 Vergil, Eclogues 6 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.1-8.151 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.152-8.182 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.666-9.797
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Euripides, Hippolytos Hesiod, Ehoiai Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Lucian, Astrology Lucian, The Dance Lucian, Lucius, or the Ass Bacchylides, Dithyrambs Pomponius Mela D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Metamorphoses Vergil, Eclogues
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 43 Harder 📖 Philostephanos FHG fr. 36 = FGrHist 1751 fr. 22
- Depictions
- 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa degli Scienziati VI 14, 43, Pompeii (PALP r6-i14-p43-space-11) 🎨 Wall painting from Bicentennial House, Herculaneum (LIMC Pasiphae 5)