By Asterius is signified the same person as the minotaur.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
To think that, without the minotaur, the police would probably never have hit on that invaluable expression, 'the police have a clew.
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang
The roar of this modern minotaur was as the noise of Niagara broken by stormy bursts of thunder.
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson