In Greek mythology it was a monstrous creature that was half-man, half-bull. The Minotaur was kept in the middle of a labyrinth of maze, by King Minos of Crete. Every year it killed seven young men and sent seven young women from Athens as a sacrifice.
One year a boy named Theseus volunteered to join the young men and try to kill the Minotaur.
With the help of Ariadne (daughter of King Minos) he found his way into the maze, and bravely killed the monster.
He was able to find his way out of the labyrinth as Ariadne had given him a ball of thread to mark his path.
Minos successfully warred against Athens and Megara to obtain redress after his son Androgeos was killed by the Athenians. In Athenian drama and legend Minos became the tyrannical exactor of the tribute of children to feed the Minotaur. Having pursued Daedalus to Sicily, Minos was killed by the daughters of King Cocalus, who poured boiling water over him as he was taking a bath. After his death he became a judge in Hades.
Although Athens preserved a hostile tradition, the general account shows Minos as a powerful, just ruler, very closely associated with religion and ritual. In light of excavations in Crete, many scholars consider that Minos was a royal or dynastic title for the priestly rulers of Bronze Age, or Minoan, Knossos.
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