The Minotaur was born as a result of a curse from Poseidon, who caused King Minos' wife, Pasiphaë, to fall in love with a white bull. Their ____ union produced the monstrous creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull. King Minos demanded tribute from Athens as a sign of ____ after his victory over the city. Athens was forced to send seven young men and seven young women every nine years to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. Ariadne, King Minos' daughter, helped Theseus by giving him a ball of thread to ____ as he entered the labyrinth. This thread allowed him to find his way back after killing the Minotaur. Theseus fought the Minotaur in the heart of the labyrinth, using his sword and quick movements to avoid the creature's brute strength. He ____ plunged his sword into the Minotaur’s chest, killing it. When Theseus returned to Athens, he forgot to raise the white sails signaling his victory. Seeing the black sails instead, his father, King Aegeus, believed Theseus had died and ____ into the sea, which would later be named the Aegean Sea.

GR09_The Tale ofTheseus and the Minotaur

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