The Minotaur A Poem, In Three Cantos is a book written by Thomas Lewin in 1849. This book is a poetic retelling of the Greek myth of the Minotaur, a creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man who lived in a labyrinth on the island of Crete. The poem is divided into three cantos, each of which tells a different part of the story. The first canto describes the birth of the Minotaur and the construction of the labyrinth. The second canto...