Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Poseidon
Theseus
The Athenian hero volunteered himself as a one of seven men and maidens in the annual
sacrifice to the Minotaur, the crazed half-bull-half-man offspring of King Minos of Crete.
Once inside its forbidding labyrinth (from which none had returned), Theseus, aided by
Princess Ariadne (who had a crush on him induced by Aphrodite's dart), loosened a
spool of thread to find his way out once he'd killed the monster.
Icarus
Along with Daedalus (his father), Icarus flew off the cliffs of Crete pursued by King Mi-
nos and his troops. Using wings made of feathers and wax, his father instructed him to
fly away from the midday sun. Boys will be boys, Icarus thinks he's Jonathan Livingston
Seagull…glue melts, feathers separate, bird-boy drowns. And the moral is: listen to your
father.
