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Facts about The Minotaur: Creature of the Labyrinth
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The creature's mother, Pasiphae, was the daughter of the sun god Helios, making the Minotaur of divine lineage on both sides of its family.
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In ancient Greek, the creature's name combines 'Minos' and 'tauros' (bull), literally meaning 'Bull of Minos.
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Greek hero Theseus slew the Minotaur and escaped the labyrinth by following a thread given to him by Ariadne, daughter of King Minos.
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Athens was forced to send a tribute of seven young men and seven maidens to Crete periodically to be fed to the Minotaur, according to the myth.
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Born of Pasiphae and a bull sent by Poseidon, the Minotaur was imprisoned in a labyrinth designed by the craftsman Daedalus at the command of King Minos of Crete.