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pəˈsɪf əˌipasiphae

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Pasiphaenoun

    (Greek mythology) daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne

Wiktionary

  1. Pasiphaenoun

    The daughter of Helios and the sister of Circe. She was raised as a princess at Cholchis, and then given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, and Catreus. She was also the mother of the Minotaur.

  2. Etymology: Gk. Πασιφάη (Pasipháē)

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  1. Pasiphaë

    In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (; Greek: Πασιφάη, translit. Pasipháē derived from πάσι (archaic dative plural) "for all" and φάος/φῶς phaos/phos "light") was a queen of Crete, and was often referred to as goddess of witchcraft and sorcery. The daughter of Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse, Pasiphaë is notable as the mother of the Minotaur. She conceived the Minotaur after mating with the Cretan Bull while hidden within a hollow cow that the Athenian inventor Daedalus built for her, after Poseidon cursed her to fall in love with the bull, due to her husband, Minos, failing to sacrifice the bull to Poseidon as he had promised.

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  1. pasiphae

    Pasiphae is a figure in Greek mythology, known to be the wife of Minos, the King of Crete, and the mother of the Minotaur. She is often associated with the consumption of magic herbs to incite lustful desires. The character represents themes of desire, deceit, and monstrous birth. In another context, Pasiphae is also the name of one of Jupiter's moons, discovered by the astronomer Philibert Jacques Melotte in 1908.

Wikidata

  1. Pasiphaë

    In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë, "wide-shining" was the daughter of Helios, the Sun, by the eldest of the Oceanids, Perse.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Pasiphaë

    the wife of Minos (q. v.) and mother of the Minotaur (q. v.).

Mythology

  1. Pasiphae

    (Pasiph′ae) was the reputed mother of the Minotaur killed by Theseus. She was said to be the daughter of Sol and Perseis, and her husband was Minos, king of Crete.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pasiphae in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pasiphae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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