Despite all of his successes Bellerophontes was still not satisfied and sought to fly to heaven on the back of Pegasos. Zeus was angered by his presumption and sent a gladfly to sting the horse, causing it to buck and cast the hero back to earth. Afterwards he wandered the world alone despised by gods and men.
3. THE MINOTAUROS
( or Minotaur) was a bull-headed monster born to Queen Pasiphae of Krete after she had coupled with a bull.
The creature resided in the twisting maze of the labyrinth, where he was offered a regular sacrifice of youths and maids to satisfy his cannibalistic hunger. He was eventually destroyed by the hero Theseus.
The Minotaur’ s ' proper name Asterion, " the starry one," suggests he was associated with the constellation Tauros.
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