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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51256" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51256" /> == | ||
<p> (i.e., the | <p> (i.e., the Bull of Minos) is one of the most repulsive conceptions of [[Grecian]] mythology. He is represented as the son of [[Pasiphae]] and a bull. for which she had conceived a passion. It was half man, half bull-a man with a bull's head. Minos, the husband of Pasiphae, shut him up in the Cnossian Labvrinth, and there fed him with youths and maidens, whom [[Athens]] was obliged to supply as an annual tribute, till Theseus, with the help of Ariadne, slew the monster. (See [[Minos]]). The [[Minotaur]] is, with some probability, regarded as a symbol of the Phoenician sungod. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76966" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76966" /> == | ||
<p> In the | <p> In the Greek mythology a monster, half-man half-bull with a bull's head, confined in the [[Labyrinth]] of Crete, fed by the annual tribute of seven youths and seven maidens of [[Athenian]] birth, till he was slain by [[Theseus]] with the help of Ariadne ( <i> q. v </i> .). </p> | ||
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