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King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur.

Part 1 Hermes tells how Crete was once all-powerful because of the instruments of war created by Deadalus for King Minos. But King Minos and his people had a problem - the Minotaur, a creature ...

he turned instinctively to the palace of Minoan Crete, to that encounter between man and bull that still haunts us all ... the Minotaur. The transcript for this programme will be published when ...

Set on Crete, it was commissioned by King Minos and ... the labyrinth was a place where stone corridors led nowhere, and the infamous Minotaur, half-human, half-beast lurked in the shadows.

he turned instinctively to the palace of Minoan Crete, to that encounter between man and bull that still haunts us all ... the Minotaur. The transcript for this programme will be published when ...