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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], a [[human|man]] eating [[monster]] who was partly a [[bull]] and partly a [[man]]. It was conceived when [[Pasiphae]] [[sexual intercourse|mated]] with a bull. Each [[year]], seven youths from [[Athens]], including seven young men and seven young women, were fed to him as a form of ongoing [[tribute]]. [[Theseus]], the [[Athens|Athenian]] [[hero]], killed the Minotaur with assistance from [[King]] [[Minos]]'s [[daughter]] the [[princess]] [[Ariadne]]. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], a [[human|man]] eating [[monster]] who was partly a [[bull]] and partly a [[man]]. It was conceived when [[Pasiphae]] [[sexual intercourse|mated]] with a bull. Each [[year]], seven youths from [[Athens]], including seven young men and seven young women, were fed to him as a form of ongoing [[tribute]]. [[Theseus]], the [[Athens|Athenian]] [[hero]], killed the Minotaur with assistance from [[King]] [[Minos]]'s [[daughter]] the [[princess]] [[Ariadne]].

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Minotaur [r]: From Greek mythology, a man eating monster who was partly a bull and partly a man. It was conceived when Pasiphae mated with a bull. Each year, seven youths from Athens, including seven young men and seven young women, were fed to him as a form of ongoing tribute. Theseus, the Athenian hero, killed the Minotaur with assistance from King Minos's daughter the princess Ariadne.