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This is the exciting story of Theseus and his beautiful Ariadne. Keep
calm for a bit and I’ll tell you.
A long, long time ago, there lived a brave prince by the name of Theseus.
He was the son of the king of Athens, but he never knew about this till he was
eighteen years old. As soon as he knew,he set to meet his father with certain tokens by which the old man
would know that this was his son. It was a joyful reunion but soon after the
young prince’s arrival he noticed that droves of weeping women were dressed in
black and that all the men wore grave expressions. Shocked, Theseus rushed to
his father
‘’Father! What ‘s going on? Why are the women weeping? Why are they
dressed in black? I want to know!’’
The king turned to his son with grave eyes. ‘’Well , Theseus, if you
must know, today is the day we send seven young men and women to Minos the king
of Crete. They are to be fed to a
vicious half bull, half man brute. Cruel Minos demands them as a tribute’’. The
king ended with a sigh.
Theseus was outraged , horrified and angry. "But why, Father," he
demanded, "must this senseless tribute be paid ? We’re not under Minos’
rule!"
The king sighed. "Yes, but son, Crete is a more powerful kingdom than
Athens and we are powerless to rebel."
Theseus at once made a bold, reckless decision. "Father , allow me to go
as one of the tributes. I’ll rid the earth of this menace of a Minotaur,’’he
vowed. The king was , as is well expected, horrified at the thought of sending
his son knowingly to his doom. The Minotaur was a cruel monster who knew no
mercy. He attempted to dissuade Theseus. ‘’What are you saying, son? Send my
own boy to feed the monster? No! Never!’’ ‘’Father, compose yourself’’, said
Theseus calmly, ‘’and let me do this. This is our only chance to rid our people
of this menace. Also, it will help to prove my mettle’’.
When persuasion on the king’s part was in vain, the king gave in and
ordered the ships to be prepared, though he had grave misgivings in his
heart.Theseus, however, had no such misgivings and was completely confident
about his success. The king said to him, "If you are victorious, there must be
white sails put up on your ship, but if there are black sails on your ship, I
shall consider you lost forever." Upon reaching the beautiful land of Crete,
the laymen who had gathered to watch the tributes arrive gasped at the sight of
tall, strong Theseus. King Minos himself looked upon the brave youth with awe.
“Who are you, son?” he demanded. “Prince of Athens”, replied Theseus,” and I
have come to destroy the Minotaur.” Minos snorted. “Very well”, he sneered.
“I’ll just feed you to it first!” All this while, a beautiful woman with long
dark hair and dark eyes had been watching Theseus. She was Princess Ariadne,
daughter of Minos. Once Theseus had been led away to his cell, she visited him,
bringing him a sword and a ball of thread for him to find his way out of the
labyrinth. Once he had slain the monster, the two fled together. However, when
they stopped at Naxos Isle to rest, the god Dionysus placed a spell upon
Ariadne and she willingly married him. The devastated prince put up black
sails, leading his father to think he was dead. He committed suicide. Theseus
was crowned King and took another wife.
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