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How Did Theseus Kill The Minotar

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In the short story Theseus retold by Edith Hamilton, a boy named Theseus traveles on a quest to kill the minotaur, a half man, half bull being. Once Theseus learned about the sacrifice of seven children “Theseus told his father that he was going to Crete (…) [and] He was going to kill the Minotaur and end the terror”. Theseus is going to try to kill the Minotaur to end the distraught it has caused Athenians. Theseus received the help from the beautiful Princess Ariadne who gave him a large roll of string in which he tied to the back of the door of the labyrinth “the string playing out behind him as he went”. The string left a trail in which theseus could follow to get back to the door of the labyrinth to escape after he killed the Minotaur.
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