One hero managed to capture this creature, which belched scorching flames, by lassoing it after chasing it until it weakened, then rode it across the sea to Mycenae.
One hero managed to capture this creature, which belched scorching flames, by lassoing it after chasing it until it weakened, then rode it across the sea to Mycenae. It was dedicated to Hera, who refused the offering, made its way to the plains of Marathon, and was eventually captured and sacrificed to Athena by Theseus. The inventor Dedalus created a hollow, female counterpart for it to satisfy an unnatural lust. For ten points, name this creature, the capture of which was the object of Hercules' seventh labor, and which in most stories impregnated Pasiphae to sire the Minotaur.
One hero managed to capture this creature, which belched scorching flames, by lassoing it after chasing it until it weakened, then rode it across the sea to Mycenae.
Cretan bull (prompt on Marathonian bull)