Pasiphae was 皇后乐队 of Crete, married to Minos, but enamored of the snow-white 公牛 Poseidon had 给 her husband. Unable to restrain herself, Pasiphae prevailed upon the renowned craftsman Daedalus to construct a device 由 which she could fool the 公牛 into thinking her a cow. Her plan worked; the outcome of the union between Pasiphae and the 公牛 was a creature with a human body, but taurine head and tail. This bull-man was the Minotaur.

Before 你 go pitying her husband, thinking, "Poor cuckolded Minos," let me assure 你 that Minos was not the innocent victim of divine wrath. Poseidon had...