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The Myth of the Minotaur
In the Mediterranean Sea, to the south of the Greek ... , lies the island of Crete. According to the ... in ... times, a creature called the Minotaur lived there. Half-man, half-bull, the Minotaur was truly ... . The King of Crete, Minos, kept the Minotaur in a maze which had many ... twisting passages. Every nine years, the King of Athens sent fourteen children for this strange-looking ... to eat. Theseus, an Athenian hero, took a magic ball of thread into the maze with him, he found the Minotaur, killed it with a sword, then found his way out of the maze using the thread to retrace his steps.