The Minotaur is a poetic work written in three cantos by Thomas Lewin and published in 1849. The poem is based on the Greek myth of the Minotaur, a creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man that lived in the labyrinth of Knossos in Crete. The first canto describes the birth of the Minotaur and the curse placed upon him by the gods. The second canto tells the story of Theseus, the Athenian hero who slays the Minotaur and escapes the labyrinth...