The Minotaur: a look borgiana

Abstract

This article is seeking to point how, starting with a Jorge Luis Borges’ fantastic story “La Casa de Asterion” (1949), the concept of the image of the Greek mythic character Minotaur changed for the subsequent generations, acquiring a new connotation. To be able to comprehend in its entirely the redimensioning that the Bonaire born provided to this fantastic being, half man, half bull, it is necessary to read “La Casa de Asterión” in the light of the Greek tradition, for which we will recur to utilize the ancient story and the classical sources.