Ariadne (poem) on a throne, before a flower-strewn bed, surrounded by the dead; how the priests and guards bound the Athenians with thongs and left. Theseus cut his thongs and freed his companion, Euthycles. The Minotaur, seeing the danger, seized a long sword to hold off the unarmed Greeks while it made to escape. Euthycles sprang at it and was killed, allowing Theseus time to crush the creature with its throne. They discover that the Minotaur was King Minos himself in a bull-mask. Hearing this, the horrified Ariadne thinks of the golden tress she left on her father's pillow, as a loving
Valley of the Minotaur Valley of the Minotaur Valley of the Minotaur is a computer game for the Apple II, Commodore 64, Commodore PET, VIC-20 home computers. It was published by "Softalk" magazine, under the "Zeuss Scientific" label in 1983. It was released on a 5¼ inch floppy disk. It is a work of interactive fiction, also known as a ""text adventure"". The game occurs within a large, fictional setting that includes a detailed and exotic terrain, with some references to Greek mythology. Despite the fact it relies on a simple verb-noun parser, it appears to be inspired by the first of the "Zork"