| A | B |
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| Theseus | Greek hero of Athens who killed the Minotaur |
| Aegeus | Theseus' dad who killed himself b/c T. raised the wrong sails on his return from Crete |
| Athens | Theseus' home town; he became the patron hero of Athens |
| Procrustes | A brigand who killed his guests by either stretching them or cutting them down to fit the size of his bed. Theseus killed him. |
| Marathon Bull | Theseus conquered this bull, which was ravaging Marathon |
| Minos | king of Crete, he had the Labyrinth made to house the Minotaur |
| Pasiphae | queen of Crete and mother of the Minotaur |
| Androgeus | The son of Minos, whose death at Athens led Minos to request 14 youths to be sacrificed to the Minotaur every nine years |
| Minotaur | monster half man and half bull, lived in the Labyrinth and was killed by Theseus |
| Ariadne | princess of Crete, she gave Theseus the thread to escape from the Labyrinth |
| Crete | Island ruled by Minos and Pasiphae, home to the labyrinth and the Minotaur |
| Deadalus | The inventor who designed the Labyrinth and escaped from it by making wings of wax and feathers |
| Icarus | Daedalus' son who flew too close to the sun and lost his wings trying to escape from the Minotaur's labyrinth |
| Labyrinth | A maze designed by Daedalus to house the Minotaur |
| Naxos | the Island on which that Theseus abandoned Ariadne |
| Bacchus | The god who came to Naxos after Theseus and saved Ariadne; she became his bride |
