Theseus, Ruiner of Women & All Around Awful Person
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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The Super Shitty for Athens
Theseus heads back to Athens where some real dark shit has been going down. Every few years they have to send a collection of young girls and boys to Crete, to be sacrificed to the Minotaur in the Labyrinth. So after a few instances of these young people being sent over to die in the Labyrinth, Theseus decides to sail over to destroy the Minotaur himself. Sounds valiant, right? Just a brave young man setting out to save the citizens of his city? We'll see.
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