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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 (literally, the ‘bull of Minos’) was a half-man, half-bull monster born to Pasiphae, wife of King Minos of Crete. The name Minotaur is actually a bit misleading-because he wasn’t Minos’ son at all. His father was a pure white bull, sacred to the god Poseidon.

Detailed explanation-3: -Apollodorus sums up the story of the Minotaur in his “Library” at three different places: here, here, and here. If you want to, you can read a more poetical account of it in the eighth book of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.”