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Many myths and legends of Crete center around King Minos, son of the god Zeus and the Phoenician princess Europa. The thunder god had turned himself into a gentle, white bull. Charmed by the ...

When they arrive in Crete the Athenians are locked in a cell ... On the return journey Ariadne is spirited away to Mount Olympus by the god Dionysus. Theseus is heart-broken by her sudden ...