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Deadalus shows Pasiphae the artificial bull (Museo archeologico Napoli)
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Museo archeologico Napoli
Deadalus shows Pasiphae the artificial bull



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. She would give birth to the Minotaurus


Deadalus shows Pasiphae the artificial bull
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