Minos means bull. King Minos the King of Crete didn’t keep his promise to the god Poseidon. Poseidon got really annoyed my King Minos so he sent a bull to King Minos’ wife Pasiphae. Pasiphae and the bull fell in love and a baby was born. He had a head of bull and a body of a human. King Minos ordered the finest architect Daedalus to build a labyrinth for him so he can trap Minotaur in it. The biggest problem is that Minotaur only eats humans so King Minos can’t give the monster his own people. King Minos bashes into a nearby country and takes hostages from them so he can feed Minotaur. One time the son of King Minos visited Athena and died by accident because he wanted to join the bull fight going on in Athena. The King of Athena tried to stop his participation of the competition because it was too dangerous but he neglected the Kings offer and participated. Lead to death for him because he got hit by the horn of a bull right in the chest. After King Minos heard that his son died he tried to invade Athena but King Minos gave them an offer. It was too give them seven men and seven women every year so he can feed Minotaur. After Theseus went to his father and heard about this he volunteered to go and kill Minotaur. He succeeded with the help of the oldest daughter of King Minos Ariadne.
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