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When the Athenian prince Theseus came voluntarily as one of these victims,
Minos' daughter Ariadne fell in love with him and begged Daedalus to help her
rescue him. At Daedalus' suggestion she gave Theseus a ball of thread, which he
...
When the Athenian prince Theseus came voluntarily as one of these victims,
Minos' daughter Ariadne fell in love with him and begged Daedalus to help her
rescue him. At Daedalus' suggestion she gave Theseus a ball of thread, which he
...
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Homer's statement [Odyssey 19.178—181] that Minos ruled at Cnossus for nine
years, makes it likely, in view of the usual tradition of his long reign, that Minos
was a title borne by an entire dynasty of kings who ruled in Cnossus and whose ...
Homer's statement [Odyssey 19.178—181] that Minos ruled at Cnossus for nine
years, makes it likely, in view of the usual tradition of his long reign, that Minos
was a title borne by an entire dynasty of kings who ruled in Cnossus and whose ...
Page 136
THESEUS for the Minotaur. This monster, which bore a bull's head on a man's
body, was kept by Minos in the Labyrinth, a mazelike prison from which no one,
once inside, could ever find his way out. The time was now approaching when
the ...
THESEUS for the Minotaur. This monster, which bore a bull's head on a man's
body, was kept by Minos in the Labyrinth, a mazelike prison from which no one,
once inside, could ever find his way out. The time was now approaching when
the ...
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| Title | CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
| Author | EDWARD TRIPP |
| Published | 1970 |
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