King Minos

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King Minos
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A white bull. A gift to King Minos from Poseidon
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King Minos was supposed to sacrifice the bull,
but he did not. Poseidon became very angry.
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As punishment, Poseidon made King Minoss wife,
Pasiphae, fall in love with the bull.
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Pasiphae and the bull had a half human, half
bull child called the Minotaur.
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King Minos was so ashamed, he called on the work
of the very cunning builder, Daedalus.
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He asked Daedauls to build a complex maze, and
he put the minotaur in the center of it.
Daedalus was such a skilled builder King Minos
knew the minotaur would never escape.
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King Minos NEVER wanted the Minotaur to escape.
So he locked Daedalus and his son Icarus in a
tower on the island of Crete, and surrounded it
by guards so that Daedalus could never tell
anyone how to solve the maze.