Minos seven young men and seven virgin maidens to feed the Minotaur every year (which corresponded directly to the Minoans' meticulous records of lunar alignments - a full moon falls on the equinoxes once every eight years). This continued until Theseus killed the Minotaur with the help of Ariadne, Minos' lovestruck daughter. Minos was also part of the King Nisus story. Nisus was King of Megara, and he was invincible as long as a lock of crimson hair still existed, hidden in his white hair. Minos attacked Megara but Nisus knew he could not be beaten because he still had his
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys series. The success of the show also saw a number of similar ancient-set series being commissioned, such as "The Adventures of Sinbad", "Conan the Adventurer", "The New Adventures of Robin Hood", "BeastMaster", "", and "Jack of All Trades". A sci-fi series, "Cleopatra 2525", was also produced as a result of the series' influence. Thirteen years later, "Legend of the Seeker" was produced by the same team. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is an American television series filmed in New Zealand, based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles (Hercules was his Roman analogue). It