8. For this crime Daedalus was exiled to Crete and
worked for King Minos. There he had a son with the
beautiful Naucrate.
9. Minos told Daedalus to build a labyrinth in order to
imprison a dreaded Minotaur, which was a monster
with the head of a bull and the body of a man.
10.
11. Poseidon had sent it to him as a gift. Minos was
shamed by the birth of such a creature and
imprisoned it to the labyrinth where it fed it on
humans.
12.
13. Theseus was very upset by his action and went to
Crete in order to kill the animal.
14.
15. Ariadne who was the son of Minos fell in love with
Theseus and with Daedalus they helped him to find
the way back of the labyrinth.
16.
17. Minos learnt about Daedalus action and he
imprisoned him and Icarus in the labyrinth
themselves.