Pasiphae

The wife of Minos. Falls in love with the Cretan Bull and bears the Minotaur.

Genealogy

Perseis

Helios

Aeetes, Augeas, Circe, Perses, Phaethon

Minos

Acalle, Androgeus, Aria, Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus, Minotaur, Phaedra, Xenodice

Places
  1. Athens
  2. Crete
Events
  1. Minos marries Pasiphae, has children
  2. Poseidon makes Pasiphae fall in love with the Cretan Bull
  3. Pasiphae has sex with the Cretan Bull
  4. Pasiphae gives birth to the Minotaur
  5. Minos gets punished by Pasiphae with a spell for having sex with so many women
  6. Pasiphae’s spell causes Minos to ejaculate wild beasts whenever he attempts intercourse, killing his partners
  7. Procris, fearing Minos’s wife, returns to Athens
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.2
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.4
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.1
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.8
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 26.1
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 25.9
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