Pasiphaë and baby Minotaur, Attic red-figure kylix found at Etruscan Vulci. Italy. Currently at the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris

· Born to Queen Pasiphaë (wife of King Minos) and the Cretan Bull (sent by Poseidon). · Name "Asterius" means "starry" — given by Minos. · Immediately imprisoned in the Labyrinth (built by Daedalus at Knossos).