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The
Minotaur of Greek legend was a man-eating monster with the head of a bull and
the body of a man.
The
Minotaur (pronounced MIN O TAWR) was a mythical monster with the head of a bull
and the body of a man.
One
of the myths of ancient Greece told that King Minos of Crete, an island in the
Mediterranean Sea, kept the Minotaur imprisoned in a labyrinth—a winding maze
of passageways from which no one could escape.
It
happened that Androgeos, son of King Minos, was killed by the people in a town
in Greece. As a punishment King Minos
sacrificed seven Greek youths and seven maidens each year to the Minotaur (who
ate them).
The
Greek hero Theseus, at last, killed the Minotaur and escaped from the labyrinth
by following a thread.
Nowadays,
we do not believe in myths. But there
probably was a King Minos. And it so
happens that the ruins of an ancient palace on the island of Crete has so many
winding passageways that it resembles the legendary labyrinth!–Dick Rogers
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