By the time the deal was made, everyone across Greece knew who and what the beastly Minotaur was.
Minos had locked him away in an impossibly large Labyrinth. His head was that of a bull’s, and his body was that of a man’s. Half-bull, half-giant-man: the Minotaur loomed above all and was by all definitions a monster.
Once the Minotaur had locked his gaze, there was little chance of escape for his prey—a genuinely frightening creature indeed!
The people of Athens were horror-stricken. There was no hope: if young Athenians were sent away on a boat to Crete, everyone knew they would not come home. The Labyrinth was vast, and the Minotaur starved. And now, more than ever, he was hungry for Athenians.
Aegeus’s fateful contract with Minos left many Athenians fearful for, and in awe of, the doomed young people sent away.
Minos had locked him away in an impossibly large Labyrinth. His head was that of a bull’s, and his body was that of a man’s. Half-bull, half-giant-man: the Minotaur loomed above all and was by all definitions a monster.