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Theseus And The Minotaur Analysis
Theseus and the Minotaur

King Minos and Queen Pasiphae were married. But, the queen had a baby with a bull. The baby was the Minotaur. The Minotaur is the monster that has the body of a man and the head of a bull. King Minos was embarrassed of this, so he hid the Minotaur in a huge labyrinth, which was built by Daedalus. The labyrinth was located in Crete. King Minos sent his enemies into the labyrinth to be eaten by the Minotaur. Once, King Minos’ son, Androgeus, went to Athens to attend the Panathenaic Games. Sadly, he was killed. Minos was beyond mad, so he made the king of Athens, Aegeus, send seven women and men to the labyrinth every nine year. Aegeus did as he was told. One year, Theseus, Aegeus’ son, decided to go to kill the Minotaur.
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