the labyrinth was constructed to house and trap Minotaur, a monstrous mythological creature, with the body of a man and the ...
Chief among these structures is the Palace of Minos, a now-desecrated crown jewel of ancient Knossos. Named for the ... an enormous labyrinth buried beneath Crete. According to ancient sources ...
In one popular myth, Minos demands that Athens send 14 Athenian youths to Crete to be sacrificed to the fearsome Minotaur, a half-man, half-bull, who dwelled in the labyrinth on the island.