One of the most famous stories of all time is that of the Minotaur; half man and half ox. But although most people know who or what he was like, few understand how it happened.
As the conflict between him and his brothers continued to divide the family and the people, Minos prayed to the god Neptune for help. He also asked the god to send him a symbol that would be approved by his people, and that he alone wanted to rule Crete.
Minos replied by sending Neptune a most beautiful white bull. After the bull had made its point, Minos obtained the kingdom, and the king was supposed to sacrifice the animal to the god of the sea. But Minos, having made many salutations, reserving the bull for himself, instead of the animal, sacrificed the renter.
Neptune, angry with Minos, avenged himself by making the king’s wife fall in love with a bull. In one of the first known wild rumors, a queen mated with a bull and later gave birth to the Minotaur. The head and tail of a bull, but the body of a man.
Minos, of course, did not want to raise such a wrong, but he also knew that he would not dare to kill the creature, so as not to bring down the wrath of Neptune on him and his descendants. But the crazy plan would drive away the Minotaur.
Daedalus summons the great architect to create a huge and intricate labyrinth from which no one can escape. When this was finished, the king seized the Minotaur and caught him inside the trap. Because he is also lazy and tired of his wife’s activities, she too has fallen victim to the labyrinthine prison.
however, the king’s actions still dis generally displeased. for his opinion they forced the king to pay a heavy price. In seven years the king would choose seven young and women which they had not yet finished with the bodies, and placed them within the labyrinth tributary to the Minotaur.
Some believed that the creature dined on their flesh and bones. Others say that he ate the men at once, but kept the women for the purpose of intercourse; He killed them only after they were exhausted.
Theseus, the great Greek hero, when he discovered what Minos had done, vowed an abomination to Crete. To achieve his goal, Theseus offers to sacrifice himself as one of the seven young men.
Aegeus the father begged his son not to undertake the mission, but Theseus was firm in his mind. And he promised his father that he would display a white veil on the ship when he returned from his office, so that everyone would know that he was still alive.
Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, quickly became infatuated with the young hero and vowed to help him escape the labyrinth. In order to accomplish this, he gave Theseus a large braided ball, and rolled it out to make his way along the road. When this was finished, he proceeded to repeat all that he had to do.
The plan worked well. Theseus made his way through the labyrinth, twisting and turning, until he came upon the sleeping Minotaur, whom he stabbed to death with a spur, and then pierced with a sword. Having found the last of his victims, the women whom the monster had cohabited with and had not yet killed, Theseus brought them safely back from the labyrinth.
Theseus promised to take Ariadne with him on “. However, the couple did not arrive well and the hero left her in the middle of the journey. Excited by this victory, the daughter of Minos took off happily, Theseus forgot to change the color of the sail on the ship.
The black cloth was flapping in the wind, which Aegeus did not see at all. Aegeus, seeing through the dark veil, assumed that his son had been killed by the Minotaur. Overcome with pain, he threw his body over a rock into the sea, which was later called the Aegean Sea.
