Theseus and the Minotaur
Classical Stories · No. 9 — The hero, the monster, and the girl with the thread.
- Classical Stories
- 43 min
- Ages 8–13
- 7 chapters
About this audiobook
Every nine years Athens must send seven young men and seven young women to Crete, where King Minos feeds them to the Minotaur — a creature half man, half bull, sealed inside a labyrinth so cunning that even walking in means never walking out. Prince Theseus volunteers to go as one of the fourteen. He brings courage and a sword-arm; but it is Ariadne, daughter of Minos, whose simple ball of thread turns a death sentence into a way home — and what Theseus does with her afterward is part of the story too.
Why it's worth a listen
A labyrinth no one has ever left, a monster at its heart, and the whole adventure hanging from a single ball of thread. The fight is thrilling — but the reason this story has lasted three thousand years is the princess who made victory possible, and what the hero does to her afterward.
A question to keep
Who matters more — the hero, or the ones who make the hero possible?
Chapters
- Introduction
- The Shadow on the Water
- The Island of the Bull
- The Gift of the Thread
- Into the Labyrinth
- The Stars and the Sea
- A Question to Keep