Pasiphae
Door Bart van der Voort
Dit beeld laat Pasiphaë zien, die de Minotauros in zich draagt.
Omschrijving
Pasiphaë is een figuur uit de Griekse mythologie. Zij is de dochter van Helios, de zonnegod, en Perseis, een Oceanide, en vrouw van koning Minos, zoon van Zeus en Europa (Europa en de Stier).
given my body in secret to some man,
you would have every right to condemn me
as a whore. But this was no act of the will;
I am suffering from some madness brought on
by a god.
It’s not plausible!
What could I have seen in a bull
to assault my heart with this shameful passion?
Did he look too handsome in his robe?
Did a sea of fire smoulder in his eyes?
Was it the red tint of his hair, his dark beard?