Theseus and the Minotaur

• Athens
  • 1Theseus is selected as a tribute offering for the Minotaur.
  • 2Aegeus instructs Theseus to return with white sails on his ship should he survive the Minotaur.
• Crete
  • 3Ariadne negotiates marriage with Theseus in exchange for her help.
  • 4Ariadne persuades Daedalus to tell her how Theseus might escape the labyrinth.
  • 5Theseus kills the Minotaur.
• Naxos
  • 6Theseus and Ariadne stop on Naxos.
  • 7Dionysus falls in love with and carries off Ariadne.
• Lemnos
  • 8Dionysus and Ariadne have sex.
• Athens
  • 9Theseus forgets to use white sails upon his return to Athens.
  • 10Aegeus kills himself.
  • 11Theseus rules Athens.