Creatures
Centaurs,Dryads,Minotaur,Pegasus,Satrytrs,Sirens,Sphinx,Tritons.
Minotaur
("Mino's bull")
Half man, half
bull, the Minotaur was the result of king Minos's refusal to sacrifice a
certain bull to the god Poseidon. The god punished him by making Pasiphe,
Minos's wife, fall in love with the bull, and she bore it a son: the
Minotaur.
Because it was a terrible monster, Minos had it enclosed in a
labyrinth, and each year he had seven young girls and seven young boys from
Athens sacrificed to it.
The Minotaur was killed by the hero Theseus,
who with the help of Minos's daughter Ariadne made it out of the labyrinth by
following a thread he had tied to the entrance.
("Mino's bull")
Half man, half
bull, the Minotaur was the result of king Minos's refusal to sacrifice a
certain bull to the god Poseidon. The god punished him by making Pasiphe,
Minos's wife, fall in love with the bull, and she bore it a son: the
Minotaur.
Because it was a terrible monster, Minos had it enclosed in a
labyrinth, and each year he had seven young girls and seven young boys from
Athens sacrificed to it.
The Minotaur was killed by the hero Theseus,
who with the help of Minos's daughter Ariadne made it out of the labyrinth by
following a thread he had tied to the entrance.
Triton, in Greek mythology, a merman, demigod of the sea;
he was the son of the sea god, Poseidon, and his wife, Amphitrite. According to
the Greek poet Hesiod, Triton dwelt with his parents in a golden palace in the
depths of the sea. Sometimes he was not particularized but was one of many
Tritons. He was represented as human down to his waist, with the tail of a fish.
Triton’s special attribute was a twisted seashell, on which he blew to calm or
raise the waves.
he was the son of the sea god, Poseidon, and his wife, Amphitrite. According to
the Greek poet Hesiod, Triton dwelt with his parents in a golden palace in the
depths of the sea. Sometimes he was not particularized but was one of many
Tritons. He was represented as human down to his waist, with the tail of a fish.
Triton’s special attribute was a twisted seashell, on which he blew to calm or
raise the waves.