Cretan bull
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Cretan bull
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Capture of the Cretan bull subsequently slain by Theseus at Marathon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
The Cretan Bull.—The seventh labour of Heracles was to capture the Cretan bull.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.
The seventh labor was the capture of the Cretan bull.
From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Dillaway, Charles K.
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