MINOTAUR

Minotaur is a mythical creature portrayed in Classical times with the head and tail
of a bull and the body of a man[3] or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being
"part man and part bull".[4] He dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an
elaborate maze-like construction[5] designed by the architect Daedalus and his son
Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. The Minotaur was eventually killed
by the Athenian hero Theseus. The term Minotaur derives from the Ancient Greek
Μῑνώταυρος, a compound of the name Μίνως (Minos) and the noun ταύρος "bull",
translated as "(the) Bull of Minos". In Crete, the Minotaur was known by the name
Asterion,[6] a name shared with Minos' foster-father.