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Theus son of aus who slew procrustes and sky on the kicker and cenus the pine Bender I will face the monster and rid Athens of its fear.
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02:29Ten centuries ago, a creature was born, child of a terrible passion, son of a queen, son of a bull.
02:37A creature so monstrous, Minos, king of Crete, had this maze built to hide him.
02:43Every seven years there was a blood tribute paid to Crete.
02:47Every seven years a black-sailed ship came from Athens.
02:51Seven youths in their prime, seven pure maidens were taken as sacrifice, brought here to the labyrinth, where every passage is a promise broken.
03:00Every way out is a way in, and where the Minotaur's savage appetite for human flesh could be dealt with in the dark.
03:09But there was one person who came and went at will in the beast's domain.
03:16Ariadne, daughter of Minos, the king, every day she visited the creature, cared for it, pitied it, down in the dark, shut away with its secrets.
03:31Shhh...
03:33Shhh...
03:34It's me. I'm here.
03:38Come close. Come here.
03:40She knew the heart was human, no matter what the face.
03:44Come close.
03:46No matter what she saw.
03:48No matter what she heard.
03:50The cries of the victims, the pitiful cries, awful, awful, awful, awful.
04:01Many leagues away from Crete, a bull was being sacrificed, watched by a mother and her son, Theseus.
04:10She had never told him who his father was, bound by a promise made seventeen years before.
04:16Now, Theseus was growing up, and she knew that soon he would leave her, just as his father had done before him.
04:27Why do you weep? At the bull's death?
04:31No.
04:33No.
04:34Then what?
04:37I was thinking of the pine forest, of a rock, and the high ground in the forest.
04:46When you can move the rock, you will find out who your father is.
05:00I cannot!
05:01Then wait one summer!
05:02Why are you happy?
05:04Because when you can move the rock, you will leave me.
05:07Never!
05:09I promise!
05:12But Theseus couldn't wait another summer.
05:14He was there, morning after morning, straining at the rock, tearing his muscles, until one day, the dawn still damp in his hair, he felt the rock give.
05:26Then, with one last effort, he heaved it away.
05:45Mother, was my father a great warrior?
05:50Your father is a king.
05:52Your father is Aegeus, king of Athens.
05:58And Theseus heard the story of his birth, and vowed to go to Athens and make himself known to his father.
06:05I will come back.
06:07I promise.
06:09Go to Athens by sea.
06:11Don't risk the coast road.
06:13Danger will find you soon enough.
06:15Did he go by sea?
06:18No, he went by the coast road, plagued by robbers, giants, bandits.
06:24On the long journey, he slew Procrustes, Skyron the Kicker, Cenus the Pinebender, until at last he came to the great fortress of Athens, rising up from the sea.
06:35And with the dust of the journey, still on his skin, he sought audience with Aegeus, his father.
06:47It was seventeen years since Aegeus had left Theseus' mother.
06:51Now his beard was grey, and another woman was by his side.
06:57Medea.
06:59I thank you, Lord, for greeting a stranger.
07:02Word of your great adventures reaches the king.
07:05Slayer of giants, we hear.
07:07Scourge of bandits.
07:09I wish the road between my home and Athens safe for travellers.
07:12Where is that home?
07:14Troisene, in the west.
07:16Troisene?
07:18My Lord is trusting.
07:20I tell him, as his priestess, as mother to his sons, be wary of those who arrive with blood on their hands.
07:25I seek purification from the king.
07:27Of course you do.
07:29What is your name, warrior?
07:31Theseus, Lord.
07:32Your lineage?
07:33Some say my father is of the sea.
07:35Some say he is a great king.
07:37The king is insulted by riddles.
07:39Does he have your allegiance?
07:40I would give my life for him.
07:42I would take life from all who are his enemies.
07:45The king invites you to feast with him this evening.
07:48First, with his blessing, go to the river Cephisos and be purified.
07:52Then you are welcome in Athens.
07:53I don't like her.
07:55She's a witch.
07:56She was a witch.
07:58She was also a mother.
07:59And she knew Theseus.
08:01She knew nothing would stand in his way.
08:03Not love.
08:04Not fear.
08:05Not a promise.
08:07Theseus went to the river Cephisos and washed himself in readiness for the peace.
08:12Medea, wanting the kingdom for her own sons, also made preparation.
08:18Mixing secret herbs and poisonous spices.
08:23Welcome, hero.
08:24My lady.
08:25My lord.
08:27Your sword.
08:28Forgive me, lord.
08:29I wear it in peace.
08:33Drink, friend.
08:34Drink the wine.
08:35No!
08:36Theseus!
08:37My son!
08:38My son!
08:39My son!
08:40Seize her!
08:41Seize the sorceress!
08:42A curse on you, Aegeus of Athens.
08:43A curse on your son.
08:44You will bring each other nothing but pain and sorrow.
08:45Before a year is out, grief will poison you.
08:49Poison you, poison you, poison you, poison you.
08:50Spitting out her foul curse.
08:51She vanished and was seen no more.
08:52But is that true?
08:53Did they bring each other nothing but pain and sorrow?
08:54Was it terrible?
08:55No, no.
08:56At first it was wonderful.
08:57The king, who had rarely smiled, now laughed.
08:58Age dropped from him, and Theseus walked the fortress of the Acropolis with a proud
09:02spring of the sword all over the world.
09:03The king of the king kept the love of her.
09:05In the house, he didn't look happy and sorrow.
09:06But if she was happy, he would retrouve you.
09:07Before a year is out, grief would poison you, poison you, poison you, poison you.
09:08Spitting out her foul curse, she vanished and was seen no more.
09:11But is that true?
09:13Did they bring each other nothing but pain and sorrow?
09:16Was it terrible?
09:17Oh, no, at first it was wonderful.
09:20The king, who had rarely smiled, now laughed.
09:23Age dropped from him, and Theseus walked the fortress of the Acropolis with the proud steps of a prince.
09:29No, no, at first it was wonderful.
09:33There's a but coming up.
09:35But?
09:36There was already a curse on Athens, and the time had come for 14 more of her sons and daughters to set sail for Crete,
09:44dressed in the white robes of sacrifice.
09:47Stop!
09:50Take off the robe.
09:51Theseus!
09:52Take off the robe!
09:54Every seven years, Father, stretching into the future, our sons and our sons' sons, our wives' daughters and their daughters too.
10:02Not anymore.
10:03Son, don't, I beg you!
10:05What is this minotaur of theirs?
10:08Who has seen it?
10:09I have.
10:10In my dreams I have seen it.
10:12It waits for me, and I, Theseus, son of Aegeus, who slew Procrustes and Skyron the kicker, and seen as the pine bender.
10:21I will face the monster and rid Athens of its fear.
10:24Father, raise your heads, sons and daughters of Athens.
10:29Lift up your hearts.
10:31We will return with the head of the beast on our prow.
10:34Don't return under the black sail.
10:37If you come back safe, hoist a white sail.
10:41Son, do you hear me?
10:43I shall be watching every day from the cliffs.
10:46The white sail, Father!
10:48Have no fear, I will return, I promise!
10:51A white sail!
10:53I promise!
10:56And with his promise catching on the wind, Theseus set sail for Crete.
11:01And at that very moment, in the heart of the labyrinth, the minotaur woke from a dream in the dark and howled.
11:08I will!
11:12Shh!
11:13It's all right.
11:14It's a dream.
11:16It's a dream.
11:18Shh!
11:20I'll be here.
11:22I'll tell you about the world outside.
11:25About the light.
11:27About the colour of the sky.
11:31They say the sky's blue, but it's not.
11:33It can be a thousand colours.
11:36Pinks.
11:37Greys.
11:39The colour of gold.
11:41The colour of wine.
11:44But there are people.
11:47Families.
11:50I am somebody's daughter.
11:53I am the daughter of a king.
11:55I am a sister.
11:56You are a son.
11:57You are a son.
12:00You are a brother.
12:02As Ariadne came from the labyrinth, ran from the monster left with its secrets,
12:20Theseus, son of Aegeus, sailed into Crete.
12:23And as the children of Athens came before her, Theseus, the hero, stood defiant.
12:30And as he saw her, as she saw him, the threads of their lives crossed, tangled, knotted them together.
12:40Kneel, Athenian.
12:44Who am I kneeling to?
12:45Ariadne.
12:47Daughter of King Minos.
12:53If I said, Athenian, I implore you, I beg you, kneel before me, would you do that?
13:00How could I refuse?
13:01Forehead on the ground as the Egyptians kneel to their kings and queens.
13:13Who are you?
13:16Theseus, son of Aegeus.
13:19The king's son?
13:21And you go to the Minotaur as sacrifice?
13:24Or did you think you would kill it?
13:26I think I was a fool.
13:28I think so too.
13:29Well, I gave you a civil answer.
13:32Take him away, so die all enemies of my father.
13:34As the guards lifted him up, he felt her press something into his hand.
13:39It was a key.
13:40She gave him a key?
13:42My goodness, this is getting exciting.
13:44Theseus was locked with the others in the deepest, darkest dungeon of the palace.
13:49Those that slept shook with their nightmares.
13:53Those who couldn't sleep were fixed on their fate.
13:56Death playing over in their minds.
13:58How they would die.
14:00What they would feel.
14:02Whether the pain would be quick or slow.
14:05Zeus, help me.
14:07Athene, help me.
14:09The far end of the palace, you will come to a great door marked with gold.
14:17Go through it and enter the labyrinth.
14:19Pay out this ball of twine behind you as you go to guide you on your return.
14:23Go forwards and always down.
14:25And in the very heart of the maze, you will find the beast.
14:28Why do you do this for me?
14:29Because the curse on Athens is also the curse on Crete.
14:32Because of the way you look at me.
14:36How do I look at you?
14:38Like this.
14:41And like this.
14:44Why do you want the Minotaur dead?
14:47It shames my family.
14:49It shames me.
14:52What life does it have in the dark?
14:54It's loveless.
14:55Don't ask more.
14:57Go.
14:58Go and kill the beast.
15:01Promise me one thing.
15:03Promise me if you return, you'll take me with you.
15:07I promise.
15:10And so Theseus, the hero, opened the great door to the labyrinth.
15:14He knew immediately the beast could sense him.
15:26But like a brooding black spider, it could sense the slightest movement in its massive, intricate web.
15:35Theseus froze.
15:37Could hear his own heartbeat.
15:39Or was it the beast's?
15:41What happened?
15:44No, don't tell me.
15:46No, tell me.
15:47Ugh, this is terrible.
15:49Theseus crept around the next corner.
15:51And the next.
15:53Always forwards.
15:54Always down.
15:56Paying out the thread.
15:57Until.
16:04The power of a bull, the guile of a man.
16:07It knew every inch of its domain.
16:09Wherever Theseus went, it knew another way.
16:12Suddenly appearing.
16:14Smashing through passages.
16:15Maddened.
16:16Wild.
16:17Famished.
16:18The power of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a bull, the guile of a
16:48It lay there on the floor, bleeding to death, and Theseus stood above it with
16:54his sword. And as he watched, its huge jaws moved, and it seemed to him as if
17:01the sounds coming from them were almost human.
17:05Mother, it seemed to say. Mother, father, brother, sister.
17:18No. Don't. Don't kill him. He's my brother.
17:36Please. He's my brother.
17:41Move. Move away. Theseus, son of Aegeus.
17:53He killed it? He killed it.
17:58Oh. Oh, what?
18:00Was it really her brother? It really was.
18:03That's sad.
18:05That's why Ariadne always came here, isn't it? Because she was his sister.
18:09That's right.
18:11Did Theseus have to kill him? Couldn't he have been tamed?
18:16Theseus saw only the beast, saw only the moment when he could hold the horns aloft on the quay
18:22at Athens.
18:23His father's face, the pride, the hero's welcome.
18:27All his life had been for that moment. The birth, the rock, the sword, the labors.
18:32All for that moment when he struck off the head of the minotaur.
18:36Within an hour, he was pulling out of the harbor, firing the Cretan ships, heading out towards the open sea,
18:42the beast's head wrapped in sailcloth.
18:45Did she go with him?
18:48She did go with him. She loved him. From the first moment she'd seen him, she loved him.
18:55But already she saw his heart was growing cold and famous, and she was forced to look on the bloodied sail
19:01which covered her brother's head, and the burning of her father's mighty fleet.
19:06And regret chilled her as she stood and watched Crete recede and fade on the horizon,
19:12knowing she could never go back.
19:17The next night they put in at Naxos, certain of their safety, danced the dance of the crane.
19:24The fourteen Athenians danced the ritual steps of victory, feasted late into the night,
19:30the fires, the wine, the triumph flushing their faces.
19:36And Ariadne watched, paler sin, watched and waited for her new lord to join her,
19:43waited for him to lie with her.
19:47And when the fire had died to its embers, when the wineskins were dry,
19:53when his feet could no longer carry him, Theseus came to her.
19:59And all night he'd promised her anything, everything.
20:05The promise of a man to a woman.
20:09The promise his father had made to his mother.
20:14And broken.
20:15So he married her.
20:18When Ariadne woke, the bed was empty.
20:21The sun beat down on the white sand.
20:24She looked for Theseus, but he was gone.
20:26She ran to the shore, running through the ashes of the feast,
20:29running in the footprints of the dance into the water,
20:32as the ship, with the black sail, carried Theseus to Athens.
20:37Theseus!
20:40Son of Aegeus!
20:41Breaker of Promises!
20:45Betrayer!
20:48But already Theseus's thoughts were elsewhere,
20:51puzzling on the beast's head he kept in the sailcloth,
20:54now folding, now unfolding,
20:56amazed that with each day its features seemed to him more human, more gentle.
21:03That was his sail.
21:04That was the white sail he promised he would hoist it on his return.
21:07I know.
21:08Not wrapped the head in it, he promised his father.
21:11Aegeus had grown old, scanning the distance.
21:14He had grown old, waiting.
21:16And then one day, standing at the edge of the cliffs,
21:20he saw a sail approaching.
21:22He held his breath.
21:24From the altars of my family, you lord me!
21:27My brother's blood on my hands, faithless ones!
21:30His eyes were weak, the sun so blinding.
21:34At first he could not tell if it were white or black.
21:37You carry the beast's forehead with you!
21:40But also my heart!
21:42My heart!
21:43My wretched heart!
21:45Abandoned on this shore!
21:47No way back!
21:48Not forward!
21:49I curse you!
21:52I curse you!
21:54I curse you!
21:55I curse you!
22:00His heart broke and he leapt out into the dazzling light of the day,
22:04into the sea, which ever after bears his name.
22:08I curse your birth, I curse the love I bore for you, you gods who watch all things, hear my cries, mark my tears, let the sky fall on him, the seas swallow him, the earth drown him, he abandoned me.
22:28Theseus, son of Aegeus, bullslayer, king of Athens.
22:42Many nights he would dream of wandering through the winding corridors of his palace, looking as he had done once before for a monster to kill, but in the dream it was always his mother, or his father, or his wife he killed, and when he caught his own reflection, he had the monster's face.
23:12THE END
23:42THE END
23:44THE END
23:46THE END
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23:58THE END
24:00THE END
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