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  • Theseus Against The Minotaur

  • IN THIS REMOTE EPOCH, WHEN HISTORY WAS MERGED WITH LEGEND, IT IS TOLD

  • THAT ZEUS SENT A HIDEOUS MONSTER CALLED THE MINOTAUR TO CRETE

  • TO PUNISH THE INHABITANTS OF THE ISLAND FOR AN OFFENSE AGAINST THE GODS.

  • PERIODICALLY THE CRETANS OFFERED THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN AS SACRIFICES TO THE MINOTAUR

  • AND THE VICTIMS WERE THROWN INTO THE LABYRINTH WHICH WAS THE MINOTAURS LAIR.

  • The dreadful hand of death hangs over the head of our dear queen Pasiphae.

  • Receive oh Minotaur the sacrifice of our virgin youth in tribute to thy vast glory

  • For this grant but this wish lord of evil, take not from us our queen's life.

  • Minos, can the blood of a young girl really help to save the life of the queen?

  • Do not we both have young daughters?

  • What shall you say if one day the Minotaur demands the life of your own child?

  • Minos I beg of you, there is still time. You may yet stop the priest's hand.

  • No power may thwart the will of our gods.

  • No! No please!

  • NO!

  • Thou art chosen to be sacrificed to the divine Minotaur.

  • Oh please no!

  • Oh no no, Let me go!

  • NO!

  • Mother! Mother!

  • Stop up my ears! Erase the cries from my head lord!

  • The Minotaur accepts the sacrifice which is offered him,

  • and grants his benevolent protection once more to Crete.

  • - There they come. - Yes there she is.

  • Yes, it's the queen.

  • A sacrifice to save the queen, they say.

  • And so another victim has gone to that monster.

  • Father...

  • You have spoken to absolve us?

  • Yes but it was useless. Under our laws they have absolute authority.

  • Curses upon all their heads. On their laws and on their kings too.

  • Hold thy tongue on leash, for he has many spies.

  • Thou beist to me as my own son, know that.

  • But please, for the sake of Alaeus let discretion take precedence now.

  • Minos...

  • The queen fares very badly. She asks to see you.

  • Come.

  • My love... lam dying.

  • No Pasiphae, the Minotaur has been appeased.

  • - The blood of another victim. - But the gods still call for sacrifice.

  • The sacrifice is useless. Like all the others.

  • But before I die, I will reveal to you a secret.

  • In Attica, near Vodium there's a young girl; She is our child.

  • - I have a sister? - Yes Fedra

  • She is your twin.

  • According to our law,

  • one of you should have been offered as a sacrifice to the Minotaur.

  • I couldn't let either of you die.

  • So I told no one of the child's birth

  • and the nurse carried her away secretly to Attica.

  • Where in Attica? Which part?

  • You'll not sacrifice her?

  • If the gods have permitted her to live, it means that they have pardoned you.

  • It is not for me to kill her.

  • Please tell me, where is she?

  • I'll tell you...

  • She lives in a village on the coast of Attica.

  • She thinks herself the child of those who raised her.

  • But you must go. You must find our daughter.

  • Promise that she will live here with her sister...

  • Pasiphae. Pasiphae! Tell me her name.

  • Ariadne...

  • Promise me that human sacrifices will be abolished.

  • Do you swear it?

  • I leave you now... My time...

  • How will you justify to the gods that your other daughter was not sacrificed?

  • If the gods have not punished my wife nor chastised Crete

  • it means our sacrifices to the Minotaur were needless.

  • That all our laws are mistaken. They're inhuman!

  • - Minos! - Inhuman!

  • And today as before, our sacrifice is useless.

  • A mother has lost her daughter...

  • And Pasiphae is lost to me forever.

  • But think what this means; What of the future of your reign?

  • Silence Syril!

  • My father is right. Ariadne shall return to Crete.

  • But, before her return you will tell no one of our secret.

  • To be sure of this, you'll bring her back yourself.

  • Tomorrow you leave for Attica, in my own ship.

  • I am pleased that you also desire the presence of Ariadne here.

  • I will leave you now to go watch over your mother.

  • The death of Pasiphae has dealt a blow to his senses, and to yours Fedra.

  • Your sorrow conquers your reason, but think of what this means to you.

  • I know exactly what this will mean for me.

  • You shall go to Attica alone. No one shall know of it.

  • And if need be, you are to hire the men you need there.

  • - You will find the girl. - I will find her.

  • And you shall place your sharpest dagger through her heart.

  • Well, we'll soon be there. We must find fresh horses though.

  • Then we'll make time. In Athens you can rest all you like.

  • We've been gone five years.

  • We've been through the most incredible adventures,

  • and you've become as famous as Hercules,

  • and now we breathe the air of Attica again.

  • You're like a lamb who hears the bleat of its mother.

  • Don't forget I am the son of the king of Athens.

  • My father needs me, he is very old. I prefer not arrive at all.

  • Then stay with me in Athens a while, and leave later for Crete.

  • No, I miss my own home as you do.

  • Help me!

  • Help me !

  • Help me...

  • - They're murdering us... - Who is? Where?

  • The Robbers... The bandits!

  • They... attacked the... the village and...

  • - Demetrius... - The bastards!

  • Get all of the girls! Not a single one of them is to escape!

  • Balicae!

  • Get Ariadne! You must save...

  • Save her!...

  • Murderers!

  • Murderous assassins!

  • Mother! . .. Mother!

  • Let me see your face.

  • You bandit!

  • So it's you. You're the one.

  • What a shame that the gods can show no pity.

  • No! Let me go!

  • Demetrius!

  • You are to kill that girl at all costs! I shall meet you later at the ship.

  • But those two are stronger than Hercules!

  • A hundred pieces of gold, plus the slave. The girl must die!

  • - Let's follow them! - Let them go.

  • Was he your father?

  • Yes...

  • I have no one now.

  • Why didn't you let them kill me with the others?

  • What am I going to do alone?

  • Come to Athens with us.

  • You can live in my father's house.

  • It's extraordinary...

  • What?

  • It's amazing how much she resembles our princess.

  • Do you know Fedra, the daughter of the king of Crete?

  • No.

  • I know no one in the world outside of the village.

  • All my life I've lived here.

  • It's amazing...

  • If you had not such a modest air, I should swear you were the princess Fedra.

  • After a five-years absence, you're so homesick all you can think of is your famous Crete.

  • Come...

  • Goodbye...

  • That is Athens.

  • Athens... Always I have dreamt of seeing it.

  • But you want to return to your home?

  • Will you leave because of me?

  • No, but I might have to sleep in a stable.

  • Listen! Theseus is coming!

  • Glory to Theseus! We welcome him!

  • My son, you've come back to us. Those five years were long ones.

  • But, who is Theseus?

  • He's the son of Athens' king.

  • The news of your great feats has reached us even here.

  • Nothing is much changed in Athens except me, I've grown much older.

  • You are like good wine, father; your goodness only grows with age.

  • Let me present my friend, this is Demetrius who has fought a hundred battles at my side.

  • His father, Xanthus, is one of the ministers of the king of Crete.

  • You're welcome in my house.

  • And that young girl, whose beauty would seem more like a goddess's than a mortal's.

  • Who is she?

  • Her name is Ariadne.

  • The bandits destroyed her village and murdered her parents,

  • so I brought her home to you.

  • You too are welcome in this house my child.

  • Come.

  • What beautiful hair you have.

  • Theseus has entrusted you to our care.

  • When we have finished with you, you will be lovely as the queen.

  • You shall see.

  • If these bandits are Athenians, I shall find them, and I shall punish them.

  • What could have made bandits attack a village of poor peasants?

  • They rode off toward the coast, too. They might have been foreigners.

  • - What do you think? - I don't know what to say.

  • I do not understand the perfect resemblance of Ariadne to Fedra.

  • If she's as beautiful as you say, I want to meet her.

  • You may do so now my friend. There she is.

  • Ariadne...

  • We were just speaking of you.

  • Demetrius still thinks you resemble his princess... it's true.

  • And now more than ever.

  • It doesn't seem possible. No woman has as sweet a sweet as yours, Ariadne.

  • Even with thirty men, you couldn't capture a young girl, Syril!

  • But I was caught by surprise, Fedra.

  • Theseus is very strong, and what if Demetrius had recognized me?

  • The risk was too great.

  • There is far more risk to me, with this girl alive.

  • Demetrius might recognize her too.

  • I shall dispatch one of our men to the court of Athens.

  • It will be easy to silence Demetrius forever.

  • Are you mad? Syril if you fail once more,

  • all of Athens will learn my secret.

  • What shall I do?

  • Tell my father that when you arrived my sister was dead.

  • I'm sorry Minos.

  • Thank you. You've done your best.

  • You're sure that there's no hope then?

  • That region is infested with pirates and bandits.

  • When the village was attacked, no one was saved.

  • I was shown the grave in which the peasants buried the body of Ariadne

  • and the body of her nurse.

  • I am grieved beyond words, Syril.

  • Drink this potion, it will help you rest. You're not well sire.

  • - Faster Theseus! - Demetrius take him now!

  • - Ride Theseus, ride! - He's won! Theseus has won!

  • I am fairly beaten, but remember

  • all I had to do was outdo you in one sport only.

  • Come...

  • Very good, that'll be difficult to beat.

  • But the advantage is always with the man who throws last.

  • Alright then, I'll go first in the pole vault.

  • You're too good for me, I concede defeat.

  • But there's one last possibility, the discus.

  • Come on.

  • Let's have it.

  • You won fairly, so you may command me. What will it be?

  • You know already. Remain with me here in Athens a while longer.

  • No, it's impossible for I desire too much to be with my sister and father.

  • That is all that takes me back to Crete. I would rather stay with you, friend.

  • - I will lament your departing. - And I am sorry to have to go.

  • What may I do to make you you two even happier?

  • Did you hear that Ariadne? What is your wish?

  • Nothing, what more could I ask of anyone?

  • My life here seems too good to be true. How could you make me happier?

  • There's one thing I can do, I can leave you alone.

  • No, Demetreus...

  • You seem to avoid me, as if you're afraid of being alone with me. Why?

  • No it's not that, it's just, I'm only a simple girl, and you...

  • I'm only a man.

  • A man who's fallen in love like any other, Ariadne.

  • And that's all that matters.

  • How do you like our wine?

  • Fine but I've drunk too much. My head is spinning around.

  • Where's Demetreus?

  • Don't know, he must not have arrived yet.

  • - Demetreus. - Syril.

  • - What brings you here? - No one is to know I am in Athens.

  • I come from Fedra.

  • The girl who's life you saved in Attica is to be killed.

  • Ariadne is to be killed? Why?

  • Fedra wishes her to be killed. She orders it.

  • Since when does Fedra order? I obey only Minos the king.

  • Thus did your father answer Fedra, defiantly. And he is in prison now.

  • - In prison? - And your sister with him.

  • You will find that much has changed in Crete.

  • But it's possible to save your father if you're willing.

  • What must I do?

  • - You will kill Ariadne. - Are you're mad?!

  • If by the new moon you have not executed the orders of Fedra,

  • your sister will be sacrificed to the Minotaur, and your father condemned to a violent death.

  • - So who is Ariadne then? - That does not concern you.

  • Demetreus...

  • Remember, before the new moon.

  • Demetreus.

  • Where have you been? Come on, we should join the party.

  • No thank you, I'd rather not. I'm very tired.

  • Are you bored here in Athens?

  • No, on the contrary...

  • I've decided to stay longer.

  • Ah, so you're in love too, huh?

  • Good luck.

  • I'm not used to wine, it's very strong.

  • Demetreus is in love too.

  • Would you like some more wine?

  • Demetreus.

  • But why?

  • I'm a fiend... a fiend!

  • You wanted to kill me...

  • What did I do?

  • Demetreus!

  • Demetreus!

  • Demetreus. What happened? I thought I heard voices.

  • Ariadne.

  • Theseus... I...

  • I'm not worthy to be your friend.

  • Ask Ariadne. I would have killed her, had I the courage.

  • What are you saying?

  • Fedra wants you dead. It was Fedra who had your village attacked.

  • And it is Fedra who has the power to destroy my father and my sister.

  • What reason does she have to hate me so much?

  • I don't know.

  • Perhaps it is only because you are as much In her image as a mirror.

  • But unless I solve the mystery which surrounds you,

  • I will never be able to save the lives of my father and sister.

  • So that's what the trouble is. But why didn't you tell me?

  • We must clear up this mystery. I must go with you to Crete.

  • I place her in your keeping. You must protect her as your own.

  • Minos, the threat is Fedra. We don't understand why,

  • but she tried to have Ariadne killed using Demetreus as her pawn.

  • Demetreus is my friend. He will stand by us now.

  • I won't have the two of you risk your lives alone for me.

  • If Fedra wishes me dead, I must go with you to Crete.

  • You are brave and beautiful, but you must remain here and live... for me.

  • You face a difficult task...

  • I wish you the strength not to join the dead, but

  • Ultimately the gods will decide your fate in accordance with their will.

  • Father, I'm in love with Ariadne.

  • And when I return home again, she will become my wife.

  • My child, can you forgive me? it is I who am responsible for your being here.

  • It's not your fault. You have always tried to do what is right.

  • I am comforted to be here with you now.

  • Your courage is a source of strength to me.

  • When I'm near you father, I'm not afraid of anything, even death.

  • They've come! No!

  • Back from the door!

  • Alright, stand up. All women outside!

  • - No please! - Get them out!

  • Move!

  • Not you!

  • - Let her go! No you can't! - You don't give orders!

  • - Father! - Father! - Alaeus! - Alaeus!

  • Alaeus!...

  • Father!

  • - No! No! - Stop squirming!

  • Servants of evil! Servants of evil!

  • Alaeus!

  • - Alaeus! Alaeus! - Demetreus!

  • - Get back in line here! Move! - Get back!

  • Demetreus!

  • Admnetus!

  • Demetreus, thanks to the gods you've come back.

  • Where is my sister Alaeus?

  • In there. They took her to the temple.

  • Tomorrow they hold the sacrifices.

  • - I can do nothing. - And my father?

  • He's in prison.

  • But... Where are all his friends then?

  • Gathered in the house of Gerione.

  • Let us go, Theseus.

  • You Gerione are a friend of Xanthus; You cannot let them kill him.

  • But what can I do?

  • If you were in prison and Xanthus were still free, he would certainly have done something.

  • Gerione!

  • Gerione. Demetreus has returned.

  • Demetreus. You here? But your life is in danger!

  • My life is of no importance unless it can save my father and sister.

  • Theseus, son of the king of Athens,

  • and my best friend.

  • I have fought at his side for the passed five years in a hundred battles

  • The greatness of his valor has reached your ears, I'm sure.

  • This man wants to speak to the queen.

  • What do you want? Speak.

  • I come from the house of Gerione.

  • He and his friends are plotting to free Xanthus.

  • You have nothing else to say?

  • No my queen, unless you grant me one favor.

  • Tomorrow my daughter will be sacrificed to the Minotaur.

  • - Surely you have the mercy to free her. - You dare to dictate to me?

  • You mean to cast doubts on the generosity of the queen?

  • She will give you what you deserve.

  • - Will you promise? - Speak!

  • Demetreus has returned to Crete with Theseus the son of the king of Athens.

  • - Where are they? - At the house of Gerione.

  • - Guards, take him away. - Fedra you must release my daughter.

  • And throw him in prison.

  • Murderer! Murderer!

  • - Demetreus disobeyed you. - You're right, and I shall arrest him.

  • No wait...

  • Go to the house of Garione.

  • Invite Theseus to visit me here.

  • - Say that I sent you to ask him. - And Demetreus?

  • You will wait until Theseus is with me. Then you will arrest the others.

  • Before daybreak you are to throw Demetreus into prison.

  • Demetreus has told me that the people of Crete worship you.

  • That they love and trust you.

  • Is this how you repay them for their trust?

  • You let Fedra's crimes continue. You still let them permit human sacrifices.

  • While you pour wine and prey for justice, we aren't doing anything!

  • Theseus you do not know our people. Thank you my sweet.

  • There is no man brave enough to stand against the Minotaur.

  • Fedra and Syril both know this.

  • And for this reason, all their crimes are committed in the name of the monster.

  • The people are completely terrorised by it.

  • You can explain to the people that the Minotaur is not divine;

  • and the queen is making use of it to suit her own purposes.

  • And you must free the people from their fear.

  • But how? By talking to them in the plaza?

  • We would never get to say our first words.

  • Narcis is full of spies; who knows, there may be one among us now.

  • Alright then, why don't we go into the labyrinth?

  • That's impossible Theseus.

  • Why impossible? Don't tell me you're afraid of the Minotaur!

  • No, I'm not afraid of the monster...

  • Well then?

  • Assuming that we're able to get in, how would we find our way out of the labyrinth?

  • Garione!

  • It's Syril! With a squad of his soldiers approaching the house!

  • Someone has betrayed us!

  • Ready your weapons, we will defend ourselves. Hurry men.

  • So, you are Syril...

  • The last time I saw you, you were behaving like a thief.

  • And now you turn out to be the strong man of Crete.

  • Life Theseus, reserves for us many surprises.

  • Fedra has been told of your coming.

  • The queen wishes me to conduct you to the court. She wishes to speak to you.

  • - I will accompany you. - Fedra wishes to speak to Theseus,

  • and only he.

  • Wait for me here.

  • Let's go.

  • I am pleased you've accepted my hospitality.

  • All of Greece speaks of your great valor, and of your heroism.

  • I only regret that you seem to prefer the company of my enemies to mine.

  • If you're saying that I prefer the cause of justice, that's right.

  • I can make you pay dearly for those words if I wish.

  • How can you, by ordering this mighty warrior to out me down?

  • This our who can only fight against defenseless young girls?

  • Those other two...

  • You are worthy indeed of your fame.

  • You are welcome in Crete.

  • When I have told you why I have come you may not be so pleased.

  • May I speak to you alone?

  • Wait for me in the garden. I'll come.

  • I really am so much like Ariadne. Why can you not fall in love with me?

  • The same eyes... The same hair...

  • And the same lips.

  • Why did you want Demetreus to kill Ariadne?

  • - It was not I who gave the order to Syril. - Really...

  • And Demetreus's father and sister then. Why do you want them killed?

  • Why are you so concerned about Demetreus and his family?

  • Demetreus is my friend. I will do anything I can to help him.

  • Alright, what if I free them, and Ariadne is not harmed?

  • And what do you want in exchange?

  • You...

  • You at my side on the throne for a thousand years.

  • You must give me time to decide.

  • The will soon rise.

  • The signal for the sacrifices in the temple.

  • Will you come?

  • This could help you to decide, I think.

  • I believed in his sincerity, but now even he has gone over to Fedra.

  • He didn't even oppose the arrest of Demetreus.

  • Let the sacrifice begin!

  • We pray oh divine Minotaur that you will continue your beneficent watch over our land.

  • - No! Let me go, I beg you! - Please have mercy! No!

  • Come on! Move!

  • Well then?

  • Have you thought over my proposal?

  • I'll do whatever you wish, except give up Ariadne.

  • Alright, her blood is on your head.

  • You have been chosen by the gods to be sacrificed to the Minotaur.

  • Let the blood of our virgin youth be our tribute to its vast glory.

  • Stop him!

  • Look out! No!

  • Alaeus!

  • Alaeus!

  • Demetreus!

  • Kill them both! They must not leave the city alive!

  • Demetreus!

  • Demetreus!

  • Theseus... Leave me.

  • You must...

  • or you'll be killed too.

  • Go now... save yourself.

  • He's finished. We report to Syril quickly.

  • Who are you?

  • Amphitrite, goddess of the sea.

  • How long have I been here?

  • Here, time does not exist.

  • A thousand years could pass...

  • I'll make you as immortal as the Olympian gods.

  • You shall stay with me and rule over the seas.

  • I will help you to forget the affairs of the humans.

  • You will live in eternal peace freed of the cares and anguish of mankind.

  • I am a mortal, not a god.

  • It is my destiny to relieve the sufferings of men.

  • You desire Ariadne?

  • Yes, I do.

  • What do you know about this girl?

  • I know that I love her.

  • She is a twin sister of Fedra,

  • and Fedra wants to kill her because she has become a rival for the throne.

  • You are a goddess. You have the power to help me get back to Athens

  • so that I can lead my army against Crete and destroy Fedra.

  • You are too late.

  • Come...

  • Look...

  • Hard did the news of your death reach your father, Agaeus.

  • Then he vowed vengeance, and has declared war against Crete.

  • Our infantry will rush to their cavalry and force them to separate.

  • When the trap is closed our cavalry will attack.

  • Our ruse has worked. Order the trap closed.

  • Send forward the cavalry!

  • Valiantly your father's men fought against hopeless odds, to no avail.

  • His army was destroyed, and the fields littered with Athenian dead.

  • And now, the vengeance of Fedra extracts a heavy toll from Athens.

  • - Here's another. - Mighty Athens Trapped...

  • Athens must pay in tribute seven ewes and seven virgins each year

  • to sacrifice to the divine Minotaur.

  • I alone am responsible for the war. My people have no part of the blame.

  • Take them to the boats!

  • It has been all my fault. I won't let all those innocent people die!

  • You're not to go out. Orders from the king.

  • Listen to me Agaeus.

  • Perhaps there is a way you may save all these innocent lives.

  • HOW'?

  • I know that you hide a girl here. Her name is Ariadne.

  • I have sworn to my son that I will defend her life, whatever be the cost.

  • The king is vanquished! You hold no worth for the victor, fool.

  • Where is the girl?!

  • You'll have to kill me first. I'll never tell.

  • As you wish.

  • Then we shall find her. And soon.

  • Help my people, I beg you. Help me to leave here at once.

  • What purpose could it serve?

  • Ariadne is beyond your help. She has surrendered.

  • Her pain at the thought of those young people taken hostage was too great.

  • Hoping to trade her life for theirs, she gave herself up.

  • But her gesture was useless.

  • Now to Syril must she turn for clemency.

  • You there. What do you want?

  • I must talk to Syril. Take me to him, he's expecting me.

  • Follow.

  • Syril, this girl wishes to speak with you. She say you're expecting her.

  • Leave us.

  • - Ariadne! - Yes, it is I.

  • You may take me away to Crete. I ask only one thing:

  • The fourteen prisoners you've taken hostage must be released.

  • Your gesture is most noble, but I'm not the one to decide this.

  • Is there no hope then?

  • Perhaps, if you come with us to Crete.

  • You are to talk to no one.

  • Fedra shall decide whether to accept your proposal or not.

  • I shall do as you say.

  • Follow me...

  • Make ready to hoist sail, we're leaving in an hour or so.

  • Stop!... Stop.

  • My people in chains,

  • and the woman I love to be sacrificed to the Minotaur...

  • and you ask me to stay here with you!

  • I love you, Theseus.

  • But I am a mortal and you are a goddess.

  • I can make you love me, you know...

  • and I can make you remain here,

  • and forget all that you once knew of the world of men.

  • The power of your magic is great...

  • But it's not enough to equal the mystery of mortal love.

  • I want you to love me; I'm a woman just like any other.

  • It would be impossible. You are a goddess.

  • I beg of you, let me go.

  • I have sought to change destiny...

  • but it is useless.

  • And I must bow to fate.

  • Against the destiny which rules us all, even a goddess is helpless.

  • I have obeyed you...

  • but it would have been wiser to have killed her and thrown her overboard.

  • That way no one would have suspected a thing.

  • I wanted too much to see her.

  • I am curious to see how much we are alike; If her beauty equals mine.

  • Now what?

  • Now one of us shall lose her beauty.

  • You'll sacrifice her to the Minotaur?

  • No. She will disappear. No one shall know my twin existed.

  • You... are Fedra?

  • Yes. I was anxious to see you.

  • To see the face of my long-lost sister.

  • - Your sister? - Your twin.

  • Like seeing myself in a new mirror.

  • Then you mean... We are both of royal blood.

  • Yes.

  • But our father thinks that you have been killed.

  • And he will go right on thinking so.

  • - Where's the girl? - I don't know!

  • - Speak, or I'll open your stomach. - That way!

  • Not even Theseus will recognize you when you meet in the kingdom of the dead!

  • Burn her face.

  • Burn her face!

  • - Murderous woman! - Theseus!

  • Ariadne.

  • Follow me!

  • There's only one possibility

  • From now on you are Fedra!

  • You have murdered Ariadne and now you will pay for it!

  • Theseus!

  • Yes it's I Syril, and I'm not a ghost.

  • Arrest him.

  • - Throw him into the pit. - No!

  • You shall sacrifice him to the Minotaur.

  • Take him away.

  • And Ariadne?

  • It is such lovely weather, will you take a walk in the woods today?

  • You can rest beside a stream, and I will out flowers for your hair, oh queen.

  • Thank you, but I have to see my father.

  • But his physician has forbidden everyone from talking to the king.

  • But on one can forbid me, his own daughter.

  • Fedra, you should not disturb him now.

  • Why not?

  • He has much changed of late.

  • He's become suspicious of everyone around him; even of me, and of you too.

  • Do not worry about me. You are to leave me alone with him.

  • What do you want with me? Go away! You are not my daughter.

  • All you want is for me to die.

  • Father... Father please, I am not Fedra.

  • I am Ariadne, your daughter. I do not want you to die, this I swear.

  • You're lying!

  • Ariadne is dead.

  • No no! They have tried every way that they could to kill me

  • But fate spared me for you.

  • I beg of you, look at me.

  • Surely you will find some mark or sign which makes me different from Fedra.

  • Please look closely!

  • Please I beg you father!

  • - Where is Fedra? - She is dead.

  • Dead?

  • Oh please forgive me...

  • You've had enough sorrow I know.

  • But I swear it was not my fault.

  • I swear...

  • What news of the king?

  • He is with Fedra. She insisted on speaking to him alone.

  • And I have just seen her crying in his arms.

  • Have Theseus taken to the torture chamber.

  • Fedra... I've never seen her cry.

  • Daughter...

  • My daughter.

  • Don't be afraid.

  • As long as we are alive, there is hope.

  • I'll find some way out of here.

  • The guards.

  • Come!

  • - They're taking Theseus away! - We're lost!

  • Theseus!

  • - He is our only salvation! - Theseus!

  • - Lower him. - No!!!

  • No! No!

  • Bring him.

  • Come.

  • Do you have any idea why I sent for you?

  • No, but I suppose you had me come here for some important reason.

  • Yes. To me at least, it's very important.

  • Syril requests that you join him in the prison.

  • Escort me.

  • Fire...

  • Normally the most persuasive method

  • for obtaining a reply which most closely corresponds to the truth.

  • I hope I don't disappoint you.

  • You were in love with Ariadne,

  • but when she was killed you didn't shed a single tear for her.

  • Tears would not bring her back.

  • I said that I wanted to hear the truth.

  • Who was killed the other night? Fedra or Ariadne?

  • Ariadne.

  • Theseus!

  • Enough!

  • Very good.

  • Yes...

  • It was enough. And I have the reply I expected.

  • No... Do not be afraid.

  • I would gain nothing by killing him.

  • I'll even allow him to return to Athens. But you will remain here with me.

  • Fedra was beautiful, but ambitious and cruel.

  • You are beautiful too, but you're a different breed.

  • You will continue to be 'Fedra', the queen of Crete.

  • And I shall sit at your side as king. Do you agree?

  • NO!

  • Only you can decide.

  • For many months now, during his illness, we have not been able to get near him.

  • I swear that I tell the truth.

  • Believe me. Minos my father sent me to see you because he has faith in you.

  • Yes you must believe me.

  • Why would I deceive you?

  • If Fedra is really dead as you say she is,

  • if you are the younger daughter of Minos,

  • then you are also the new queen of Crete.

  • Thus you can re-establish order and justice yourself.

  • And there is no need to ask for our help.

  • But you are wrong, I can do nothing. Syril is in command.

  • The palace is full of his soldiers, and his spies.

  • If he discovers I have seen you, it means death for me

  • and for Theseus.

  • Please I beg of you. Please help me Garione.

  • Demetreus spoke about this resemblance.

  • I'm sorry, we can do nothing.

  • Attend ye all these holy sacrifices!

  • We pray oh Minotaur, that you will continue your protection of our land.

  • Fedra used to smile during the sacrifices. Don't look so serious.

  • You who are to be sacrificed here, far from your homes,

  • Know that your sacrifice to the gods shall a thousand times be rewarded.

  • Don't move.

  • Chase him into the labyrinth.

  • Stop!

  • I enter alone.

  • I will either kill the Minotaur, or he will kill me.

  • Theseus!

  • The carnage must end now!

  • Theseus has entered the labyrinth in defiance of the Minotaur,

  • and he has promised the people he will destroy it.

  • And my daughter?

  • She entered with him.

  • Let us go to the temple.

  • Theseus!

  • Minos, the people have rebelled against oppression and tyranny.

  • You are once more king of Crete.

  • - Theseus! - Yes! Theseus ls alive!

  • Rejoice, oh people of Crete!

  • The Minotaur is dead!

  • THE END

Theseus Against The Minotaur

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