ID=1031Deadalus shows Pasiphae the artificial cow (Museo archeologico Napoli)

Deadalus shows Pasiphae the artificial cow



After king Minos had refused to sacrifice the bull to Poseidon, Poseidon punished him, by making his wife PasiphaePasiphae falling in love with that bull. Pasiphae had Daedalus constructing an artificial cow, wherein she took place and had her self inseminated by the bull. Sho would bore the Minotaurus


Deadalus shows Pasiphae the artificial cow
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