Pasiphae, mother of the minotaur

Pasiphae, mother of the minotaur. Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenure, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. According to Greek Mythology, Pasiphae (in order to actually copulate with the bull), had the Athenian artificer Daedalus, construct a portable wooden cow with a cowhide covering, within which she was able to satisfy her strong desire

1561 1615 1641 Able According Actually Artificer Athenian Blaise Construct Copulate Cowhide Daedalus Desire Deux Engraver Galter Gaultier Grecs Mainz Minotaur Pasiphae Peinture Philostrates Platte Portable Satisfy Sophistes Tableaux Vigenere

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