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pasiphae
/pəˈsɪfeɪ.iː/
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What does pasiphae mean?
proper noun
- The daughter of Helios and the sister of Circe. She was raised as a princess at Cholchis, and then given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, and Catreus. She was also the mother of the Minotaur.
- One of the moons of Jupiter.
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IPA pronunciation
/pəˈsɪfeɪ.iː/
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/pəˈsɪfi.iː//pəˈsɪfə.iː/
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He saw Pasiphae there, With Phaedra’s ghost, a foul incestuous pair.
His character and manners made his power hateful, and he was accused moreover of too near familiarity with Pasiphae, for which reason, when Theseus desired the combat, Minos readily complied.