The Minotaur is a mythical creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man who dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, ...

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According to legend, it was also home to the mythical Minotaur of King Minos ... Since then, it has become the biggest tourist draw on Crete. Knossos is located about 3 miles south of Heraklion ...

Theseus persuades his father to allow him to go to Crete, with the aim of killing the Minotaur. And if he kills ... Orpheus can bring Eurydice home from the underworld...so long as he doesn ...

who kept a Minotaur in a labyrinth under his palace at Knossos on Crete, until the beast was killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. But experts think the Minoans lived on Crete between about 3100 ...

King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur.

King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur.