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Minos justified his accession as king and prayed to Poseidon for a sign. Poseidon sent a giant white bull out of the sea. [20] Minos was committed to sacrificing the bull to Poseidon [21] but then decided to substitute a different bull. Poseidon cursed Pasiphaë, Minos' wife, in rage, with a mad passion for the bull. Daedalus built her a wooden ...
Minos was required to sacrifice "the fairest bull born in its herd" to Poseidon each year. One year, an extremely beautiful bull was born, Minos refused to sacrifice this bull, and sacrificed another, inferior bull instead. As punishment, Poseidon cursed his wife Pasiphaë to experience lust for the white, splendid bull.
In order to win Minos's heart, she decided that she would grant him victory in battle by removing the lock from her father's head and presented it to Minos. Disgusted with her lack of filial devotion, Minos left her in the sacked ruins of Megara. In some versions Scylla pursued the departing enemy; in others he bound her to the prow of his ship.
According to legend, she was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, and the wife of Theseus. Phaedra fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus . After he rejected her advances, she accused him of trying to rape her, causing Theseus to pray to Poseidon to kill Hippolytus (which Poseidon did), and then she killed herself.
Ancient drachma from Larissa, around 420 BC, depicting Heracles with the Cretan Bull.Now in the Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland. Minos was king in Crete.In order to confirm his right to rule, rather than any of his brothers, he prayed Poseidon send him a snow-white bull as a sign.
Billie Jean King met Ilana Kloss at a tennis match. Ilana was a ball girl and eventually turned pro.The couple got hitched in a secret ceremony in 2018. Billie Jean King And Her Wife Dated For ...
The late Larry King's wife, Shawn King, is opening up about how she said goodbye to the legendary television and radio host. Shawn King remembers husband Larry King as the TV icon is laid to rest ...
Nisos was one of the four sons of Pandion II, King of Athens, and Pylia, daughter of King Pylas of Megara. He was the brother of Aegeas , Pallas , Lykos [ 1 ] and the wife of Sciron . [ 2 ] According to Hyginus , Nisus's father was the god Ares [ 3 ] while other authors affirmed that he was the offspring of Deion .