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Minotaur

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Min·o·taur  (mn-tôr, mn-)
n. Greek Mythology
A monster who was half man and half bull, to whom young Athenian men and women were sacrificed in the Cretan labyrinth until Theseus killed him.
Minotaur [ˈmaɪnətɔː]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man. It was kept in the Labyrinth in Crete, feeding on human flesh, until destroyed by Theseus
[via Latin from Greek Minōtauros, from Minos + tauros bull]
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Noun1.Minotaur - (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a manMinotaur - (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
mythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth
Translations
Minotaur [ˈmaɪnətɔːʳ] N → Minotauro m
Minotaur
n → Minotaur(us) m
Minotaur [ˈmaɪnətɔːʳ] n → Minotauro
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"Let the people of Athens this year draw lots for only six young men, instead of seven," said he, "I will myself be the seventh; and let the Minotaur devour me if he can
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
(50) For his murder Minos exacted a yearly tribute of boys and girls, to be devoured by the Minotaur, from the Athenians.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
You have been brought up in some of those horrible notions that choose the sweetest women to devour--like Minotaurs And now you will go and be shut up in that stone prison at Lowick: you will be buried alive.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
 
 
 
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