minotaur

• Créature mythologique grecque à tête de taureau et corps d'homme, célèbre pour avoir été tuée par Thésée.

A mythical creature from Greek mythology with the head of a bull and the body of a man, famously slain by Theseus.

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1. Mythological creatureB2formal

   A legendary monster from Greek mythology, having the head of a bull and the body of a man, which was kept in the Labyrinth on Crete and eventually slain by the hero Theseus.

   Minotaure

   • The Minotaur was imprisoned in the Labyrinth designed by Daedalus.
   • Theseus volunteered to enter the Labyrinth and kill the Minotaur.
   • The story of the Minotaur is one of the most famous Greek myths.