Pasiphaë

[ puh-sif-uh-ee ]

/ pəˈsɪf əˌi /

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.

Origin of Pasiphaë

First recorded in 1775–85

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Examples from the Web for pasiphae

Phaidra, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, who married Theseus.
The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe
Pasiphae (Pasiph′ae) was the reputed mother of the Minotaur killed by Theseus.
1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described|Edward S. Ellis
It was these profaner images that inflamed Phædra and Pasiphae.
Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern|Edgar Saltus
On the ceiling were painted the amours of Pasiphae and the bull.
The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci|Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky

It is beyond a doubt that in Egypt many women set the same example with goats, as Pasiphae did with her bull.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

British Dictionary definitions for pasiphae (1 of 2)

Pasiphaë

/ (pəˈsɪfɪiː) /

noun

Greek myth the wife of Minos and mother (by a bull) of the Minotaur

British Dictionary definitions for pasiphae (2 of 2)

Pasiphaë

/ (pəˈsɪfɪiː) /

noun

astronomy a small outer satellite of the planet Jupiter

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