" marrying Pasiphae, the daughter of Helios and Krete (Crete), he begat Deukalion (Deucalion) and Katreus (Catreus) and Androgeus and Ariadne and had other, natural, children more in number than these." " ‘Tell me too about that girl you mentioned, who won such fame for herself, the daughter of Pasiphae my father's sister.’"ĭiodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. "Remember Ariadne, young Ariadne, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, who was a daughter of Helios."Īpollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3. He begat sons, to wit, Katreus (Catreus), Deukalion (Deucalion), Glaukos (Glaucus), and Androgeus: and daughters, to wit, Akalle (Acalle), Xenodike (Xenodice), Ariadne, Phaidra (Phaedra)."Īpollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3. "Minos, residing in Krete (Crete), passed laws, and married Pasiphae, daughter of Helios and Perseis. "The Kholkians (Colchians) who were ruled by Aeetes, the son of Helios and Perseis, and brother of Kirke (Circe) and Minos' wife Pasiphae."
Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES PARENTAGE & CHILDREN OF PASIPHAE Pasiphae, Daedalus and the wooden cow, Greco-Roman fresco from Pompeii C1st A.D., Naples National Archaeological Museum People used to sleep in her temple for the purpose of receiving revelations in dreams. An oracular goddess at Thalamae in Laconia, was believed to be a daughter of Atlas, or to be the same as Cassandra or Daphne, the daughter of Amyclas. A daughter of Helios and Perseis, and a sister of Circe and Aeetes, was the wife of Minos, by whom she was the mother of Androgeos, Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus, Minotaurus, Acalle, Xenodice, Ariadne, and Phaedra. PHAEDRA, ARIADNE (by Minos) (Ovid Heroides 4.53 & 157, Seneca Phaedra 112) DEUKALION (by Minos) (Hyginus Fabulae 14) ASTERIOS (by Minos) (Nonnus Dionysiaca 40.290) ARIADNE (by Minos) (Apollonius Rhodius 3.997) ARIADNE, DEUKALION, KATREUS, ANDROGEUS (by Minos) (Diodorus Siculus 4.60.4) KATREUS, DEUKALION, GLAUKOS, ANDROGEOS, AKALLE, XENODIKE, ARIADNE, PHAIDRA (by Minos) (Apollodorus 3.7) THE MINOTAUROS (by the Kretan Bull) (Apollodorus 3.8, Diodorus Siculus 4.77.1, Philostratus the Elder 1.16, Hyginus Fabulae 40, Ovid Metamorphoses 8.132, Seneca Phaedra 112, Nonnus Dionysiaca 47.395, Suidas) HELIOS & KRETE (Diodorus Siculus 4.60.4) OFFSPRING HELIOS (Apollonius Rhodius 3.997, Antoninus Liberalis 41, Hyginus Fabulae 40, Ovid Metamorphoses 9.737, Seneca Phaedra 112) HELIOS & PERSEIS (Apollodorus 1.80, Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.19) Both her taurine lover and her Minotaur son-who was also named Asterios (Starry One)-were associated with the constellation Taurus. Pasiphae was an early Kretan moon-goddess similar to the classical Selene. Minos was later cured by the Athenian girl Prokris (Procris) who devised a remedy for the strange afflication. Pasiphae herself, being an immortal, was alone immune to the spell. When she learned of his indiscretions she bewitched him, causing him to ejaculate poisoned creatures and destroy his lovers. Pasiphae's husband King Minos also proved unfaithful. Hidden inside the contraption she coupled with the bull and conceived a hybrid child-the bull-headed Minotauros (Minotaur). The queen enlisted the help of the artisan Daidalos (Daedalus) who built her an animate, wooden cow wrapped in bovine-skin. As punishment for some offence against the gods-committed either by herself or her husband-she was cursed with lust for the king's finest bull.
Pasiphae married King Minos of Krete (Crete) and bore him a number of sons and daughters. Like her siblings, Aeetes and Kirke (Circe), she was a skilled practitioner of witchcraft (pharmakeia). PASIPHAE was an immortal daughter of the sun-god Helios. All-Shining ( pasi, phainô) Pasiphae nursing the Minotaur, Apulian red-figure kylix C4th B.C., Bibliothèque Nationale de France