Theseus seven most courageous youths and the seven most beautiful maidens were to board a boat and be sent as tribute to Crete, never to be seen again. In another version, King Minos had waged war with the Athenians and was successful. He then demanded that, at nine-year intervals, seven Athenian boys and seven Athenian girls were to be sent to Crete to be devoured by the Minotaur, a half-man, half-bull monster that lived in the Labyrinth created by Daedalus. On the third occasion, Theseus volunteered to talk to the monster to stop this horror. He took the place of one
Daedalus Howell Daedalus Howell Daedalus Howell (born July 19, 1972 in Sonoma County, California), is an American writer, journalist, filmmaker, actor and conceptual artist who lives and works in Petaluma, California. He wrote the novel "Quantum Deadline" and the essay collection "I Heart Sonoma: How to Live and Drink in Wine Country". He hosts the podcast "Daedalus Howell: Night School of the Mind" and The Morning Show on KSVY 91.3 FM, Sonoma. He is writer-director of the feature film "Pill Head." Howell is author of the novel "Quantum Deadline," part one of the "Lumaville Labyrinth" series. He also wrote the novel "The