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    In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (/pəˈsɪfiiː/; Greek: Πασιφάη, translit. Pasipháē derived from πάσι (archaic dative plural) "for...
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    Pasiphae /pəˈsɪfeɪ.iː/, formerly spelled Pasiphaë, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1908 by Philibert Jacques Melotte...
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    Bull (Ancient Greek: Κρὴς ταῦρος, romanized: Krḕs taûros) was the bull Pasiphaë fell in love with, giving birth to the Minotaur. Minos was king in Crete...
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    sacrifice. To punish Minos, Poseidon made Minos's wife Pasiphaë fall in love with the bull. Pasiphaë had the craftsman Daedalus fashion a hollow wooden cow...
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    The Pasiphae group is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Pasiphae and are thought to have a common origin...
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    Ariadne was the daughter of Minos, the King of Crete and son of Zeus, and of Pasiphaë, Minos' queen and daughter of Helios. Others denominated her mother Crete...
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    his wife, Pasiphaë. Through Deucalion, he was the grandfather of King Idomeneus, who led the Cretans to the Trojan War. By his wife, Pasiphaë (or some...
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    Verksteder A/S, Norway for Minoan Lines. Her first name was Pasiphae and then renamed Pasiphae Palace. She has a sister ship Cruise Smeralda, previously...
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  • Acronicta pasiphae is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in south-eastern Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Israel. Adults are on wing from May to September...
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    father of Iapyx. Among his most famous creations are the wooden cow for Pasiphaë, the Labyrinth for King Minos of Crete which imprisoned the Minotaur, and...
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  • ruled by the traditonalist King Minos and his power-hungry wife Queen Pasiphae, who seeks the throne for herself. Initially on the run from the authorities...
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    depicted. This scene depicts King Minos's wife, Pasiphae, and the craftsman Daedalus, whom Pasiphae ordered to construct a cow so she could sleep with...
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    variants in which the escape from Crete was actually by boat, provided by Pasiphaë, for which Daedalus invented the first sails, to outstrip Minos's pursuing...
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    Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, has appeared in works of fiction across several centuries. The way the planet has been depicted has evolved...
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  • genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. Its sole species, Pandemos pasiphae, is found in South America. Savela, Markku. "Pandemos Hübner, [1819]"....
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    course of the 20th century. Himalia was discovered in 1904, Elara in 1905, Pasiphae in 1908, Sinope in 1914, Lysithea and Carme in 1938, Ananke in 1951, and...
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  • had Circe and Aeëtes, with later authors also mentioning their children Pasiphaë, Perses, Aloeus, and even Calypso, who is however more commonly the daughter...
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  • romanized: Pérsēs, lit. 'destroyer') is the brother of Aeëtes, Aloeus, Circe and Pasiphaë, which makes him a son of Helios, the god of the sun, by Perse, an Oceanid...
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    means "bright". According to legend, she was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, and the wife of Theseus. Phaedra fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus...
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    Papilio medea Cramer, 1775 (nec Fabricius) Acraea (Acraea) medea Papilio pasiphae Fabricius, 1781 Telchinia saronis Hübner, 1819 Acraea egina medea Eltringham...
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    King of Athens Phèdre, or Phaedra, wife of Thésée, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë and sister of Ariadne Hippolyte, or Hippolytus, son of Thésée and Antiope...
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  • appeared in the BBC TV series Atlantis, playing one of the main characters, Pasiphaë. From 2014 to 2017 she played the role of Anna Rampton in three series...
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  • αδνος [adnos] "holy"), the daughter of Minos, King of Crete, and his queen Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios, the god of the sun, from Greek mythology. Afghans...
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    bull which the god sent him, so as punishment Poseidon makes Minos' wife, Pasiphaë, fall in love with the bull. She copulates with the beast, and gives birth...
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    versions, she cursed his daughter Pasiphaë to fall in love with the Cretan Bull as revenge against him. Pasiphaë's daughter Phaedra's passion for her...
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  • Hegemone (moon) (category Pasiphae group)
    the Graces, and a daughter of Zeus (Jupiter). Hegemone belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging...
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    Sinope (moon) (category Pasiphae group)
    solar and planetary perturbations. Sinope is believed to belong to the Pasiphae group of retrograde irregular moons. However, given its mean inclination...
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    was a Cretan prince as the son of King Minos. Glaucus' mother was Queen Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios, and thus, brother to Acacallis, Ariadne, Androgeus...
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    Roman mosaic from Zeugma, Commagene (now in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum) depicting Daedalus, his son Icarus, Queen Pasiphaë, and two of her female attendants...
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    Kore (moon) (category Pasiphae group)
    retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.2462. It belongs to the Pasiphae group, which is made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter...
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