Pasiphae

Bestiality is one of the most enduring of sexual taboos. Peter Huby explores the dangerous passion of Pasiphae, Queen of Crete, who develops an extreme and uncontrollable passion for a white bull—a passion which she persuades the inventor Daedalus to help her consummate. This is one of the most powerful and haunting of Greek myths. The novel deals with extremes—not just in its focus on the taboo of bestiality—but all extremes of passion, power and revenge. An accessible retelling of a classic Greek myth.