Ranking 8 Retellings of Theseus and the Minotaur

Joan Tierney
63 min readMar 4, 2022

In Greek mythology, Theseus was the king and founder-hero of Athens. There are a variety of different myths involving him, from his conception to his death, but arguably the most famous is that of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur.

After his oldest son was killed at the Athenian Games, Minos, the king of Crete, forced Aegeus, the king of Athens, to sacrifice their seven bravest young…

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