Pasiphae

Family: Cretans · Role: queen · First appears: Book III 8

Life events

• Pasiphae bears Ariadne.(Book III 8)
  • With: Ariadne
  • “the maiden whom Pasiphae daughter of Helios bare.”

Book III 8

• parent: Helios “the maiden whom Pasiphae daughter of Helios bare.”
• married with Minos “nor can I liken myself to Ariadne; wherefore speak not of guest-love.”
• child: Ariadne “In days past the maiden Ariadne, daughter of Minos, with kindly intent rescued Theseus from grim contests—the maiden whom Pasiphae daughter of Helios bare.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Argonautica. Made with Rho MD.