0 a creature in ancient Greek stories that has the body of a human and the head of a bull (= male cow):
King Theseus was the legendary ruler who slew the minotaur in the Cretan labyrinth.
He encounters dragons, minotaurs and other mythic adversaries.
The story was probably inspired by the myth of Theseus and the minotaur.
He reminds me of the picture of the minotaur I had in one of my books as a child.
