PHASIPHA. Pasiphae, daughter of the Sun, was King Minos's wife and queen of Crete. Because her husband refused to sacrifice a beautiful white bull he had promised Poseidon, the god caused Pasiphae to fall in love with the animal. Daedalus made a wooden cow into which the queen entered when she wanted to enjoy her passion. The Minotaur, half man, half bull, was the result (Met VIII.130-137, IX.736-740; OM VIII.617-956).
Phasipha is an evil wife in Jankyn's book of wikked wives, WBP 733-736. [Clitermystra: Eriphilem: Jankyn2: Minos: Mynotaur]
Phasipha, the medieval spelling variant, occurs in a medial position, WBP 733; ph is the medieval rendering of aspirated /p/.