![]() ![]() He managed to capture it, and set it free on the mainland. Fetching the Cretan Bull became one of Hercules’ twelve labours. He turned the bull mad, and it laid waste to Crete, which is why Eurystheus sent Hercules to capture it. The sacrifice of a different bull didn’t satisfy the sea god’s notorious temper. Meanwhile, Madeline Miller, in her fictional retelling Circe, suggests Pasiphae did it on purpose.Įither way, Poseidon wasn’t particularly impressed at Minos deciding to keep the bull. Perhaps Poseidon was annoyed about the inferior sacrifice. Yet Apollodorus claims Pasiphae’s desire came from Poseidon, not Aphrodite (2015: 91). ![]() That’s because Pasiphae had stopped making offerings to Aphrodite (Atsma 2000-2017). Johannes Hevelius – Scanned by: Torsten Bronger 2003 April 4, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsĪccording to Bacchylides and Hyginus, Aphrodite was the one who made Pasiphae desire the bull.
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