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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man lived in an underground maze called the Labyrinth?
A
Medusa
B
Typhon
C
Cyclops
D
Sphinx
E
Minotaur
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Minotaur, Greek Minotauros (“Minos ‘s Bull”), 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Minotaur was the offspring of the Cretan Queen Pasiphae and a majestic bull. Due to the Minotaur’s monstrous form, King Minos ordered the craftsman, Daedalus, and his son, Icarus, to build a huge maze known as the Labyrinth to house the beast.

Detailed explanation-3: -In traditional Greek mythology, when King Minos of Crete failed to sacrifice a bull to Poseidon, the god caused his wife to lust after the animal. By it, she conceived the Minotaur, a monster with a bull’s head and a man’s body, which was confined in a labyrinth.

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