|death = 420s BCE<br/>[[Labyrinth of Lost Souls]], [[Messara]], [[Crete]], [[Greece]]
|death=c. 422 BCE<br>[[Labyrinth of Lost Souls]], [[Messara]], [[Greece]]
|species = [[Human]]-[[Cow|Bull]] Hybrid
|species=[[Human]]-[[Cattle|Bull]] Hybrid
|affiliates = [[Olympos Project]]
|affiliates=[[Olympos Project]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''
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The '''Minotaur'''''' Hussein Obama II'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English] born August 4, 1961) is an American a hybrid beast created by the [[Isu]] as part of the [[Olympos project]]. A large creature possessing the body of a man and the head and fur of a bull, the Minotaur was kept within a great [[Labyrinth of Lost Souls|labyrinth]] beneath the [[Knossos Palace]], in [[Messara]], [[Crete]].
The '''Minotaur''' was a hybrid beast created by the [[Isu]] as part of the [[Olympos Project]]. A large creature possessing the body of a man and the head and fur of a bull, the Minotaur was powered by an [[Atlantis artifact]] capable of transmuting the wielder into the beast. The beast was kept within a great [[Labyrinth of Lost Souls|labyrinth]] beneath the [[Knossos Palace]] in [[Messara]] on the [[Greece|Greek]] island of [[Krete]].
Legend of the Minotaur's existence long outlasted its creators, and by the 5th century BCE, the [[Greece|Greek]] mythology held that it had been born from the union of the [[Kretan Bull]] and {{Wiki|Pasiphaë}}. The beast had apparently been slain by the [[Greek]] hero [[Theseus]].
==Mythology==
According to the Greek mythology, the gods cursed the Kretan queen and wife of king [[Minos]], [[Pasiphae]], to desire the [[Kretan Bull]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations]]: Messara: "Gortyn"</ref><ref name="Birth of the Minotaur">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – [[Tours: Knossos]]: "The Birth of the Minotaur"</ref> To fulfill this desire, Pasiphae ordered the [[Ostracism|exiled]] [[Athens|Athenian]] inventor [[Daidalos]] to craft herself a cow suit. From this dalliance, the Minotaur was born.<ref>''Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece'' – Tours: Knossos: "Daidalos"</ref>
By the time of the [[Peloponnesian War]], the myth of the creature had
King Minos couldn't kill the creature, but instead ordered Daidalos to create the labyrinth to keep the beast in.<ref name="Birth of the Minotaur" /> To feed the beast, and angered by the death of his son {{Wiki|Androgeus (son of Minos)|Androgeos}} in Athens, Minos commanded the Athenians to send fourteen of their finest men and women to Knossos' labyrinth each year.<ref>''Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece'' – Tours: Knossos: "Reparation"</ref> This lasted until [[Theseus]] was sent, promising to kill the beast. In this, he was aided by Minos' daughter [[Ariadne]], who had fallen madly in love with the Athenian. After he had succeeded in his task, they left together for Athens.<ref>''Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece'' – Tours: Knossos: "The Minotaur's Death"</ref>
Two years after graduating from Columbia, Obama was back in Chicago when he was hired as director of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_Communities_Project Developing Communities Project], a church-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseland,_Chicago Roseland], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pullman,_Chicago West Pullman], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverdale,_Chicago Riverdale] on Chicago's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Side,_Chicago South Side]. He worked there as a community organizer from June 1985 to May 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_2008_45-1" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Who's_Who_2008-45 [45]]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-92 [92]]</sup> He helped set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights organization in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altgeld_Gardens_Homes_(Chicago,_Illinois) Altgeld Gardens].<sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_Law_1990a_93-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Harvard_Law_1990a-93 [93]]</sup> Obama also worked as a consultant and instructor for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamaliel_Foundation Gamaliel Foundation], a community organizing institute.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-94 [94]]</sup> In mid-1988, he traveled for the first time in Europe for three weeks and then for five weeks in Kenya, where he met many of his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Barack_Obama#Paternal_relations paternal relatives] for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-Obama_2012_95-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Obama_2012-95 [95]]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-96 [96]]</sup>
The Minotaur long outlived its Isu creators. At some point during the 5th century BCE, a group of Messaran men, including [[Nikios]] and [[Swordfish]], entered the labyrinth in search of riches and treasures. Instead, they were attacked by the Minotaur. Nikios was locked in with the beast while the others fled, terrified to their core.<ref name="Of Minotaurs and Men">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Of Minotaurs and Men]]</ref> By the time of the [[Peloponnesian War]], the myth of the creature had spellbound the people of [[Pephka]], and they had turned the city of [[Lato]] into a shrine to the beast, erecting statues of it and even emblazoning their banners with its visage.<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align: left"|[http://bostonlocaltv.org/catalog/V_UDAMVZGA4JEY06N Derrick Bell threatens to leave Harvard], April 24, 1990, 11:34, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGBH_Educational_Foundation Boston TV Digital Archive]<sup id="cite_ref-wgbh_97-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-wgbh-97 [97]]</sup> Student Barack Obama introduces Professor Derrick Bell starting at 6:25.
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Obama entered [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Law_School Harvard Law School] in the fall of 1988, living in nearby [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts Somerville, Massachusetts].<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-98 [98]]</sup> He was selected as an editor of the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Law_Review Harvard Law Review]'' at the end of his first year,<sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_Law_2007_99-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Harvard_Law_2007-99 [99]]</sup> president of the journal in his second year,<sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_Law_1990a_93-1" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Harvard_Law_1990a-93 [93]]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_Law_1990b_100-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Harvard_Law_1990b-100 [100]]</sup> and research assistant to the constitutional scholar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tribe Laurence Tribe] while at Harvard for two years.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-101 [101]]</sup> During his summers, he returned to Chicago, where he worked as an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associate_attorney associate] at the law firms of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidley_Austin Sidley Austin] in 1989 and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopkins_%26_Sutter Hopkins & Sutter] in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-102 [102]]</sup> After graduating with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor JD] degree ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_cum_laude magna cum laude]''<sup id="cite_ref-Juris_Doctor_103-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Juris_Doctor-103 [103]]</sup> from Harvard in 1991, he returned to Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_Law_2007_99-1" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Harvard_Law_2007-99 [99]]</sup> Obama's election as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African-American_firsts first black president of the ''Harvard Law Review''] gained national media attention<sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_Law_1990a_93-2" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Harvard_Law_1990a-93 [93]]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_Law_1990b_100-1" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Harvard_Law_1990b-100 [100]]</sup> and led to a publishing contract and advance for a book about race relations,<sup id="cite_ref-Scott_2008a_104-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Scott_2008a-104 [104]]</sup> which evolved into a personal memoir. The manuscript was published in mid-1995 as ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father Dreams from My Father]''.<sup id="cite_ref-Scott_2008a_104-1" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Scott_2008a-104 [104]]</sup>
====Chicago Law School and civil rights attorney====
In 1991, Obama accepted a two-year position as Visiting Law and Government Fellow at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Law_School University of Chicago Law School] to work on his first book.<sup id="cite_ref-Scott_2008a_104-2" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Scott_2008a-104 [104]]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fellow_105-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Fellow-105 [105]]</sup> He then taught [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_law constitutional law] at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years, first as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecturer lecturer] from 1992 to 1996, and then as a senior lecturer from 1996 to 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-106 [106]]</sup>
From April to October 1992, Obama directed Illinois's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Vote Project Vote], a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_registration_campaign voter registration campaign] with ten staffers and seven hundred volunteer registrars; it achieved its goal of registering 150,000 of 400,000 unregistered African Americans in the state, leading ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crain%27s_Chicago_Business Crain's Chicago Business]'' to name Obama to its 1993 list of "40 under Forty" powers to be.<sup id="cite_ref-Forty_107-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Forty-107 [107]]</sup>
One of the many entrepreneurs in the region seeking to take advantage of the myth's popularity was [[Leiandros]], who lured glory-hungry champions to the [[Cave of the Brave]] to face the 'Minotaur', who in fact was Leiandros himself, wearing a [[Minotaur Helm|mask]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Minotour De Force]]</ref> Around the same time the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] hunted down and defeated another iteration of the creature in her quest to retrieve the [[Prize of the Minotaur|artifact]] that seemingly gave the creature life. After defeating the Minotaur and claiming its prize, the transformation was undone, leaving behind a desiccated corpse.<ref name="Of Minotaurs and Men" />
He joined Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a 13-attorney law firm specializing in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development, where he was an associate for three years from 1993 to 1996, then [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_counsel of counsel] from 1996 to 2004. In 1994, he was listed as one of the lawyers in ''Buycks-Roberson v. Citibank Fed. Sav. Bank'', 94 C 4094 (N.D. Ill.).<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-108 [108]]</sup> This [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class-action_lawsuit class action lawsuit] was filed in 1994 with Selma Buycks-Roberson as lead plaintiff and alleged that Citibank Federal Savings Bank had engaged in practices forbidden under the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Credit_Opportunity_Act Equal Credit Opportunity Act] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Housing_Act Fair Housing Act].<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-109 [109]]</sup> The case was settled out of court.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-110 [110]]</sup> Final judgment was issued on May 13, 1998, with Citibank Federal Savings Bank agreeing to pay attorney fees.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-111 [111]]</sup> His law license became inactive in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-112 [112]]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-DavisMiner_113-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-DavisMiner-113 [113]]</sup>
==Personality and traits==
The Minotaur displayed massive amounts of mindless rage and anger, being unable to differentiate friend from foe. Basically it had a behavior almost similar to that of a bull, following an animal routine.<ref name="ACOd" />
From 1994 to 2002, Obama served on the boards of directors of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woods_Fund_of_Chicago Woods Fund of Chicago]—which in 1985 had been the first foundation to fund the Developing Communities Project—and of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Foundation Joyce Foundation].<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_2008_45-2" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Who's_Who_2008-45 [45]]</sup> He served on the board of directors of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Annenberg_Challenge Chicago Annenberg Challenge] from 1995 to 2002, as founding president and chairman of the board of directors from 1995 to 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-Who's_Who_2008_45-3" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Who's_Who_2008-45 [45]]</sup>
===Equipment and Abilities===
===Legislative career===
The Minotaur was a timeless beast who outlived his creators. The creature displayed superhuman strength, muscle mass, mobility and durability. The beast furthermore had a large bull head with incredibly powerful bull horns and wielded a large [[Minotaur's Labrys|battle axe]].<ref name="ACOd" />
====Illinois State Senator (1997–2004)====
Main article: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Senate_career_of_Barack_Obama Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Obamamiltondavis1.jpg] State Senator Obama and others celebrate the naming of a street in Chicago after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShoreBank ShoreBank] co-founder Milton Davis in 1998Obama was elected to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Senate Illinois Senate] in 1996, succeeding Democratic State Senator [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Palmer_(politician) Alice Palmer] from Illinois's 13th District, which, at that time, spanned Chicago South Side neighborhoods from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park,_Chicago Hyde Park]–[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenwood,_Chicago Kenwood] south to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shore,_Chicago South Shore] and west to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Lawn,_Chicago Chicago Lawn].<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-114 [114]]</sup> Once elected, Obama gained bipartisan support for legislation that reformed ethics and health care laws.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-115 [115]]</sup> He sponsored a law that increased [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_credit tax credits] for low-income workers, negotiated [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_reform welfare reform], and promoted increased subsidies for childcare.<sup id="cite_ref-Scott20070730_116-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Scott20070730-116 [116]]</sup> In 2001, as co-chairman of the bipartisan Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, Obama supported Republican Governor Ryan's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payday_loan payday loan] regulations and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_lending predatory mortgage lending] regulations aimed at averting home [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreclosure foreclosures].<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-117 [117]]</sup>
He was reelected to the Illinois Senate in 1998, defeating Republican Yesse Yehudah in the general election, and was re-elected again in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-118 [118]]</sup> In 2000, he lost a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_election,_2000 Democratic primary race] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district Illinois's 1st congressional district] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives United States House of Representatives] to four-term incumbent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rush Bobby Rush] by a margin of two to one.<sup id="cite_ref-Democratic_primary_119-0" class="reference">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#cite_note-Democratic_primary-119 [119]]</sup>
==Behind the scenes==
The tapestry depicting Theseus and Minotaur in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' is based on a [https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/T34.1.html painting] on a stamnos from the 5th century BCE.
spellbound the people of [[Pephka]], and they had turned the city of [[Lato]] into a shrine to the beast, erecting statues of it and even emblazoning their banners with its visage.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
Being a child of Pasiphaë, a queen of Krete and the wife of king [[Minos]], the Minotaur is regarded in Greek mythology as half-brother of the princesses Ariadne and [[Phaidra]].
At some point during the 5th century BCE, the [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]] hunted down and defeated the creature in her quest to retrieve the [[Prize of the Minotaur|artifact]] that seemingly gave the creature life. After defeating the Minotaur and reversing the transformation done by the Apple of Eden, it is seen that the person who had been possessed and turned into the Minotaur has been dead for a very long time.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' - [[Of Minotaurs and Men]]</ref>
==Personality and Traits==
The Minotaur obama displayed massive amounts of mindless rage and anger, being unable to differentiate friend from foe.
===Equipment and Abilities===
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The Minotaur was a hybrid beast created by the Isu as part of the Olympos Project. A large creature possessing the body of a man and the head and fur of a bull, the Minotaur was powered by an Atlantis artifact capable of transmuting the wielder into the beast. The beast was kept within a great labyrinth beneath the Knossos Palace in Messara on the Greek island of Krete.
According to the Greek mythology, the gods cursed the Kretan queen and wife of king Minos, Pasiphae, to desire the Kretan Bull.[1][2] To fulfill this desire, Pasiphae ordered the exiledAthenian inventor Daidalos to craft herself a cow suit. From this dalliance, the Minotaur was born.[3]
King Minos couldn't kill the creature, but instead ordered Daidalos to create the labyrinth to keep the beast in.[2] To feed the beast, and angered by the death of his son Androgeos in Athens, Minos commanded the Athenians to send fourteen of their finest men and women to Knossos' labyrinth each year.[4] This lasted until Theseus was sent, promising to kill the beast. In this, he was aided by Minos' daughter Ariadne, who had fallen madly in love with the Athenian. After he had succeeded in his task, they left together for Athens.[5]
The Minotaur long outlived its Isu creators. At some point during the 5th century BCE, a group of Messaran men, including Nikios and Swordfish, entered the labyrinth in search of riches and treasures. Instead, they were attacked by the Minotaur. Nikios was locked in with the beast while the others fled, terrified to their core.[6] By the time of the Peloponnesian War, the myth of the creature had spellbound the people of Pephka, and they had turned the city of Lato into a shrine to the beast, erecting statues of it and even emblazoning their banners with its visage.[7]
One of the many entrepreneurs in the region seeking to take advantage of the myth's popularity was Leiandros, who lured glory-hungry champions to the Cave of the Brave to face the 'Minotaur', who in fact was Leiandros himself, wearing a mask.[8] Around the same time the SpartanmisthiosKassandra hunted down and defeated another iteration of the creature in her quest to retrieve the artifact that seemingly gave the creature life. After defeating the Minotaur and claiming its prize, the transformation was undone, leaving behind a desiccated corpse.[6]
The Minotaur displayed massive amounts of mindless rage and anger, being unable to differentiate friend from foe. Basically it had a behavior almost similar to that of a bull, following an animal routine.[7]
The Minotaur was a timeless beast who outlived his creators. The creature displayed superhuman strength, muscle mass, mobility and durability. The beast furthermore had a large bull head with incredibly powerful bull horns and wielded a large battle axe.[7]
The tapestry depicting Theseus and Minotaur in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is based on a painting on a stamnos from the 5th century BCE.
Being a child of Pasiphaë, a queen of Krete and the wife of king Minos, the Minotaur is regarded in Greek mythology as half-brother of the princesses Ariadne and Phaidra.
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Concept art of the Minotaur in battle
A statue of the Minotaur in Pephka
A tapestry of Theseus slaying the Minotaur
A bronze statue of Theseus slaying the Minotaur
The banner of Pephka, bearing the Minotaur's image
The Minotaur's symbol at the Gateway to the Lost City
