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The Truth About The Minotaur
What does the half-man half-bull myth tell us about our taboo desires?
Deep in an Ancient Greek labyrinth lurks the half-bull half-man monster: the Minotaur.
What did this wild myth about a woman having a baby with a bull have to say about how humans understood our taboo desires? How did they even make it happen? And what happened when you found him in the labyrinth?
Joining Kate today is historian and author, Jasmine Elmer, to help us get to the bottom of this myth and find out the truth behind the Minotaur.
This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.
All music from Epidemic Sounds.
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