In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (/pəˈsɪfiiː/; Greek: Πασιφάη, translit. Pasipháē derived from πάσι (archaic dative plural) “for all” and φάος/φῶς phaos/phos “light”) was a queen of Crete, and was often referred to as goddess of witchcraft and sorcery. The daughter of Helios and the Oceanid nymph Perse, Pasiphaë is notable as the mother of the Minotaur. She conceived the Minotaur after mating with the Cretan Bull while hidden within a hollow cow that the Athenian inventor Daedalus built for her, after Poseidon cursed her to fall in love with the bull, due to her husband, Minos, failing to sacrifice the bull to Poseidon as he had promised.

Pasiphaë was the daughter of Helios, and mother to the Minotaur. Her brothers were Lindos, Ialysos, and Kamiros. The reason we chose Pasiphaë for the name of our boat was because it was perfect in representing the both islands where our ancestors were from, Crete and Rhodes.

The motor yacht, a SeaRay 450 SD, is for pleasure only, and not for charter. It is moored at the New Marina in Rhodes, and we spend the year cruising to the nearby islands.

Gregory Panos & Stephanie Theodorou-Panos