Pasiphaë

[ puh-sif-uh-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Classical Mythology. the wife of Minos, mother of Ariadne, and mother of the Minotaur by the Cretan bull.
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.

Pasiphaë

/ pəˈsɪfɪiː /

Pasiphaë

/ pəˈsɪfɪiː /

First recorded in 1775–85

Pasiphaë's monstrous passion for a bull is certainly a subject enough fitted for bucolics.

During this diversion, a bull covered Pasiphaë, concealed within a wooden statue of a cow, as many of the spectators believed.

Dædalus, who abetted the love of Pasiphaë for the Cretan bull, afterwards lost the favor of Minos and was imprisoned by him.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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