The Sacrifice

   Many versions of this story are written but the base of the overall story is very similar. 
    As the unnatural offspring of a woman and a beast, King Minos had the Minotaur locked in a gigantic Labyrinth built by Daedalus. 
      All the stories agree that Prince Androgeus, son of King Minos, died and that the fault lay with the Athenians. The sacrifice of young Athenian men and women to the Minotaur was a penalty for his death. 
      Some accounts declare that Minos required seven Athenian youths and seven maidens, chosen by lots, to be sent into the Labyrinth as sacrificial food (for the minotaur) every seventh year (or ninth); other versions say every year.
    In the end, the Athenian prince Theseus volunteered to slay the minotaur and did so with help from the daughter of King Minos.