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Minotaur

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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In the Greek mythology a monster, half-man half-bull with a bull's head, confined in the Labyrinth of Crete, fed by the annual tribute of seven youths and seven maidens of Athenian birth, till he was slain by Theseus with the help of Ariadne (q. v .).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Minotaur'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/minotaur.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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