But King Minos and his people had a problem - the Minotaur, a creature part-man, part-bull, which rampaged throughout the palace killing those it caught. Deadalus creates a labyrinth - a maze ...
King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to the Minotaur. As his wife lies dying, she confesses that her daughter has a twin she has secreted to avoid giving one of the girls to the Minotaur.