The Minotaur is a legendary creature from Greek mythology, depicted as a monstrous being with the body of a man and the head of a bull. Born from the union of Pasiphaë, wife of King Minos of Crete, and a divine bull sent by Poseidon, the Minotaur was a symbol of punishment and monstrosity. To contain it, King Minos commissioned the architect Daedalus to construct the Labyrinth, an elaborate maze where the Minotaur was imprisoned. According to the myth, it was eventually slain by the hero Theseus, who ventured into the Labyrinth with the help of Ariadne, Minos’s daughter. The Minotaur has since become a powerful symbol of inner conflict, the monstrous aspects of human nature, and the triumph of intellect over brute strength.
