Minotaur (Riordan)

The Minotaur is a major antagonist in Percy Jackson and the Olympians. He is a monster who is half man and half bull, born of the Crete Bull and Queen Pasiphae. The Minotaur is also the second monster Percy has encountered in the series. 
==History==
angered that Minos kept the Cretan Bull instead of sacrificing it, Poseidon sought vengeance. He did so by having Aphrodite curse Minos' wife, Pasiphae into falling in love with the bull. After mating with it, Pasiphae gave birth to the monstrous Minotaur. Minos had the Minotaur imprisoned in a labyrinth built by Daedalus. 
===Percy Jackson and the Olympians ===
The Minotaur attacked Percy and Sally Jackson and Grover Underwood when they were heading to Camp Half-Blood. During combat, the beast is slain by Percy with its own horn. Though it seemingly killed Percy's mother, she was actually saved and abducted by Hades in a shower of gold, until his helm of darkness is returned to him. During combat, the beast is slain by Percy with its own horn, and sent back to Tartarus to reform.
Percy decides to keep the horn as a spoil of war. It is also noted by Annabeth Chase that many campers have hoped of achieving such a task for many years. 
===The Battle of the Labyrinth===
When confronting Percy, Minos mentions the boy's defeat of the Minotaur, reminiscing on how it once belonged to him.
===The Last Olympian===
The Minotaur is one of the creatures that sides with Kronos during the second Titanomachy. 4 years since their last encounter, Percy defeats the Minotaur in battle, this time with a battle ax 
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