His father, seeing the black sail, assumes his son has died and jumps into the sea. In any case, for some reason Theseus forgets to raise the white sail. Others say he let her rest on an island because she was seasick, then got caught in a storm, and by the time he returned to the island she was dead. Some say Theseus deserted her on an island. Theseus, Ariadne, and the other Athenian youth all escape to the ship going back to Athens. Theseus finds the Minotaur sleeping and kills it with his bare hands.
Theseus follows Ariadne's plan, walking through the maze as he lets run a ball of string so he can retrace his steps. Then she meets with Theseus, who promises to marry her if he escapes from the labyrinth. She confers with Daedalus the architect to devise a plan for her beloved to stay safe. Minos's daughter Ariadne sees and instantly falls in love with Theseus. When the fourteen men and women arrive in Crete, they are paraded through the town. He promises his father that he will kill the Minotaur, and upon his successful return, his ship will carry a white sail. Theseus comes forward to be offered as one of the victims. These sacrificial youth would be fed to the Minotaur, a monster, half-bull and half-human, who lived inside a labyrinth. Aegeus had sent him on an expedition to kill a dangerous bull, but it killed Androgeus, and in revenge, King Minos vowed to destroy Athens unless every year seven maidens and seven men were sent to Crete. Aegeus declares Theseus heir to the throne and sends him on an important journey.Īegeus recounts the tragedy of Minos, the powerful ruler of Crete, who lost his only son Androgeus while the boy was in Athens. Not realizing that Theseus is his son, King Aegeus is about to poison him, but just in time Theseus shows him a sword that his father left for him. By the time he reaches Athens, he is known as a hero. When he is old enough, Theseus travels to the city to meet his father and overcomes many obstacles along the way. His father Aegeus is king of Athens, but Theseus grows up in southern Greece with his mother.
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