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DAEDALUS

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was an Athenian artisan whose skill rivalled that of Hephaestus. He was ordered by King Minos to construct a vast underground palace linked by a labyrinth of rooms into which Minos imprisoned his wife Pasiphae and her monstrous child the Minotaur. Daedalus fled from Crete because he knew the secret of the labyrinth and didn't trust Minos not to kill him. He fled with his son Icarus using wings made by them from feathers fastened with wax, Daedalus warning his son not to fly to close to the sun less the heat melted the wax. Icarus ignored his father's advice, the wax melted and he fell to his death. Daedalus however escaped to Sicily or mainland Italy, depending upon accounts.
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MINOS

In Greek mythology, Minos was a king of Crete (son of Zeus and Europa). He was a philanderer, and this displeased his wife Pasiphae who blamed Aphrodite. He demanded a yearly tribute of young men and girls from Athens for the Minotaur. After his death, he became a judge in Hades.
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MINOTAUR

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a monster, half man and half bull, the offspring of Pasiphae, wife of King Minos of Crete, and a bull sent to Minos from Poseidon. The Minotaur lived in the Labyrinth built by Daedalus at Knossos, and its victims were seven girls and seven youths, sent in annual tribute by Athens, until Theseus, sent in one contingent with the express purpose of freeing Athens from tribute, killed the Minotaur, and with the aid of Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, found his way back out of the Labyrinth.
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PASIPHAE

In Greek mythology, Pasiphae was the wife of King Minos of Crete and mother of Phaedra and of the Minotaur. After blaming Aphrodite for her husbands philandering, Pasiphae was punished by being filled with lust for an enormous fire-breathing white bull. Pasiphae persuaded Daedalus to build her a cow shaped wooden framework, and hid inside it while he trundled it into the bull's pasture. The bull mounted the framework and mated with
Pasiphae inside. She then became pregnant with the Minotaur.
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PHAEDRA

In Greek mythology, Phaedra was a daughter of Minos, King of Crete and Pasiphae. Her unrequited love for Hippolytus led to his death and her suicide. She became renowned as a minor goddess of the moon, barley, myrtle, rain-making and the death of kings. A siren-like Enchantress.
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