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出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/06/22 15:57 UTC 版)
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (Ancient Greek: Μῑνώταυρος, pronounced [minɔ́tau̯ros], Latin: Minotaurus, Etruscan Θevrumineś), as the Greeks imagined him, was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, "part man and part bull". He dwelt at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction built for King Minos of Crete and designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus who were ordered to build it to hold the Minotaur. The Minotaur was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus.