ID: 901000738 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000738	Record Type: Character/Person

	Minotaur (Greek character)

Note: In Greek mythology, a fabulous monster of Crete that had the body of a man and the head of a bull. It was the offspring of Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, and a snow-white bull sent to Minos by the god Poseidon for sacrifice. Minos, instead of sacrificing it, kept it alive; Poseidon as a punishment made Pasiphae fall in love with it. Her child by the bull was shut up in the Labyrinth created for Minos by Daedalus.

Names:

	Minotaur (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Minotauros (Greek character) (Greek (transliterated),U,N)
	Μῑνώταυρος (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Minotaur (Greek character) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... monster (steekproef)
	.....(object genres by function, object genres (object classifications), Object Genres (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Minotaur (Greek character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Minotaur," accessed 6 July 2017
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95A(Minotaur)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 86005599
	Minotauros (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Μῑνώταυρος (Greek character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Minotaur," accessed 6 July 2017