Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete () is a 1960 film based on the Greek legend of Theseus, the Athenian hero who is said to have slain a minotaur on Minoan Crete around 1500 or 1450 BC. The film was directed by Silvio Amadio and starred Bob Mathias. The island of Crete lives in fear of the Minotaur, a dreadful beast trapped inside a labyrinth under the royal palace. The monster is venerated as a god, and to appease it, the Cretians regularly sacrifice a maiden to it. One day, Minos' wife Pasiphaë is
HMS Daedalus (1780) and the privateer "Légère" on 11 December 1782. Pringle escorted a convoy to Newfoundland during the year, and in 1783 was engaged in patrolling the Shetland fisheries. The "Daedalus" was paid off in July 1784, and in 1790 underwent a Great Repair at Rotherhithe, that lasted until 1793. Captain Charles Henry Knowles recommissioned the "Daedalus" in March 1793, and sailed her to the Halifax station. Knowles was replaced by Captain Thomas Williams in September 1794, during which time "Daedalus" was part of Admiral Adam Duncan's fleet. In September 1795, Captain George Countess took over, and "Daedalus" sailed to the West