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=== Theseus === [[File:Amphora with Theseus slaying the Minotaur.jpg|thumb|Amphora showing Theseus slaying the Minotaur, 460 BC. Ref:{{British-Museum-db|1837,0609.57|id=399119}}.]] Minos' son [[Androgeus (son of Minos)|Androgeus]] won every game in a contest hosted by [[Aegeas]] of [[Athens]]. Alternatively, the other contestants were jealous of Androgeus and killed him. Minos was angry and declared war on Athens. He offered the Athenians peace if they sent Minos [[sacrificial victims of Minotaur|seven young men and seven virgin maidens]] to feed the [[Minotaur]] yearly (which corresponded directly to the Minoans' meticulous records of lunar alignments β 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.
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