Minotaur was a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull. Its parents were a bull and Pasiphae. Pasiphae was the wife of King Minos of Crete. Minotaur was kept in an inescapable maze called the Labyrinth by Minos. Minos gave Minotaur seven men and seven women as a sacrifice.

Theseus was a Greek hero. Minos' daughter, Ariodne, gave Theseus some string. Theseus tied the string at the end of the Labyrinth and walked until he found the Minotaur. After a long battle, Theseus defeated the Minotaur. He then followed the string out of the Labyrinth.

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