"The Minotaur is a terrible monster! What makes you
think you can kill it?" cried his father.
"I'll find a way," Theseus replied gently. "The gods will help
me."
His father begged him not to go. But the prince took his
place as the seventh Athenian boy. Along with six other
Athenian boys and seven Athenian girls, Prince Theseus
sailed towards Crete.
When the prince and the children arrived on the island of
Crete, King Minos and his daughter, the Princess Ariadne,
came out to greet them.