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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 ...
Page 383
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 567
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 third tribute of young ...
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 third tribute of young ...
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