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[Dog howling]

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[Rumbling]

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[Snarling]

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Shh.

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[Coughing]

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[Whispering]
Where are we?

7
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How should I know?

8
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I don't like it.

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You should learn
not to bark!

10
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You shouldn't Rob the dead!
You take coins
from their mouths.

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I didn't take coins,
I exchanged them
for valuables.

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That 's terrible.
The gods notice,
you insult people--

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you bite people.

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I'm a dog.
It's my business
to bite people.

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[Man]
Athenian pig!

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That's you!

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Do you know
where you are?

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Look around.
Are there bones at your feet?

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Ask them about
that monster.

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Ask them
how to get out!

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We shouldn't have ever
come to crete.

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I've never liked islands.
You get stuck on them.

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The labyrinth.

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This must be
the labyrinth of knossos.

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Nobody's been here
for centuries.

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This was
the minotaur's prison.

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1,000 athenians died
in these passages.

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[Dog]
1,000!

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That's a nice, round number.
Let's leave it at that.

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Minotaur must have
charged that way.

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Trampled that very path.

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The minotaur--
when you say charged,
do you mean--

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what do you mean?

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Charged, charged.

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Half man, half bull.
Mad with hunger and sadness.

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Until a hero came
with a bold heart
and a bright sword.

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10 centuries ago,
a creature was born.

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Child of
a terrible passion.

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Son of a queen,
son of a bull.

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A creature so monstrous,

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minos, king of crete,
had this maze built
to hide him.

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[Storyteller]
Every 7 years,

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there was a blood tribute
paid to crete.

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Every 7 years,

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a black-sailed ship
came from Athens.

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7 youths in their prime,

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7 pure maidens were taken
as sacrifice,

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brought here to the labyrinth,

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where every passage
is a promise broken.

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Every way out is a way in.

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And where the minotaur's
savage appetite
for human flesh

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could be dealt with
in the dark.

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But there was one person
who came and went at will

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in the beast's domain:

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Ariadne,
daughter of minos, the king.

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Every day
she visited the creature,

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cared for it, pitied it

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down in the dark,
shut away with its secrets.

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[Minotaur growling]

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Shh.

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It's me. I'm here.

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Come close.

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Come here.

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[Storyteller]
She knew the heart was human,
no matter what the face.

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[Ariadne]
Come close.

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No matter what she saw.

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[Girl screaming]

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No matter what she heard.

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The cries of the victims,

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the pitiful cries,

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awful.

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[Screaming continues]

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Awful.

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Many leagues
away from crete,

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a bull
was being sacrificed,

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watched by a mother
and her son theseus.

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She had never told him
who his father was,

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bound by a promise
made 17 years before.

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Now theseus was growing up,

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and she knew that soon
he would leave her.

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Just as his father
had done before him.

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[Theseus]
Why do you weep?
At the bull's death?

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No. No.

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Then what?

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I was thinking
of the pine forest.

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Of a rock,

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and the high ground,
and the forest.

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[Bull growling]

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[Aethra]
When you can move the rock,

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you will find out
who your father is.

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[Birds chirping]

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[Grunting]

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[Panting]

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I cannot!

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Then wait one summer.

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Why are you happy?

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Because when you
can move the rock,

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you will leave me.

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Never. I promise.

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[Storyteller]
But theseus couldn't wait
another summer.

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He was there,
morning after morning,

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straining at the rock,
tearing his muscles.

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Until one day,

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the dawn still damp
in his hair,

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he felt the rock give.

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Then, with one last effort,

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he heaved it away.

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[Theseus]
Mother,

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was my father
a great warrior?

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Your father
is a king.

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Your father is aegeus,
king of Athens.

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Theseus heard the story
of his birth,

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and vowed to go to Athens

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and make himself known
to his father.

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I will come back.
I promise.

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Go to Athens by sea.

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Don't risk
the coast road.

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Danger will find you
soon enough.

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Did he go by sea?

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No. He went by
the coast road,

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plagued by robbers,
giants, bandits.

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And on the long journey,
he slew procrustes,

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sciron the kicker,
sinis the pine bender,

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until at last he came to
the great fortress of Athens

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rising up from the sea.

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But with the dust
of the journey
still on his skin,

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he sought audience
with aegeus, his father.

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It was 17 years
since aegeus had left
theseus' mother.

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Now his beard was gray.

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And another woman
was by his side:

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Medea.

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I thank you, lord,
for greeting a stranger.

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Word of your great adventures
reaches the king.

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Slayer of giants, we hear.
Scourge of bandits.

135
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I wished the road between
my home and Athens
safe for travelers.

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Where is that home?

137
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Troezen in the west.

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Troezen?

139
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My lord is trusting.

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I tell him, as his priestess,
as mother to his sons,

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be wary of those who arrive
with blood on their hands.

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I seek purification
from the king.

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Of course you do.

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[Aegeus]
What is your name,
warrior?

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Theseus, lord.

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Your lineage?

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Some say my father
is of the sea.

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Some say he is a great king.

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The king is insulted
by riddles. Does he have
your allegiance?

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I would give
my life for him.

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I would take life from all
who are his enemies.

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The king invites you
to feast with him
this evening.

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First, with his blessing,
go to the river cephissus

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and be purified.

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Then you are welcome
in Athens.

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[Dog]
I don't like her.
She's a witch.

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She was a witch.
She was also a mother.

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And she knew theseus.

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She knew nothing
would stand in his way.

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Not love, not fear,

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not a promise.

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Theseus went to
the river cephissus
and washed himself

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in readiness for the feast.

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Medea, wanting the kingdom
for her own sons,

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also made preparation,

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mixing secret herbs
and poisonous spices.

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Welcome, hero.

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My lady, my lord.

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Your sword.

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Forgive me, lord.
I wear it in peace.

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Drink, friend,
drink the wine.

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No!

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Theseus, my son!

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[Aegeus]
My son!

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Seize her.
Seize the sorceress!

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Curse on you,
aegeus of Athens.

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A curse on your son.

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You will bring each other
nothing but pain and sorrow.

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Before a year is out,

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grief will poison you.

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[Echoing]
Poison you.

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[Storyteller]
Spitting out her foul curse,

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she vanished,
and was seen no more.

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But is it true?

185
00:09:07,461 --> 00:09:09,701
Did they bring
each other nothing
but pain and sorrow?

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Was it terrible?

187
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Oh, no. At first,
it was wonderful.

188
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The king who had
rarely smiled,
now laughed.

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Age dropped from him,

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and theseus walked
the fortress of the acropolis

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with the proud steps
of a prince.

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No, no.

193
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At first,
it was wonderful.

194
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There's a
"but" coming up.

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But

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there was already
a curse on Athens,

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and the time had come

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for 14 more of
her sons and daughters

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to set sail for crete,

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dressed in the white robes
of sacrifice.

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[Theseus]
Stop!

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Take off the robe.Theseus!

203
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Take off the robe!

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Every 7 years, father.

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Stretching
into the future.

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Our sons
and our sons' sons.

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Our wives, daughters,
and their daughters, too.

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Not any more.

209
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Son, don't! I beg you.

210
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What is this minotaur
of theirs?

211
00:10:01,541 --> 00:10:02,781
Who has seen it?

212
00:10:02,861 --> 00:10:05,741
I have! In my dreams
I have seen it.

213
00:10:05,821 --> 00:10:07,301
It waits for me,

214
00:10:07,381 --> 00:10:09,901
and, I, theseus,
son of aegeus,

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00:10:09,981 --> 00:10:12,941
who slew procrustes,
and sciron the kicker,

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00:10:13,021 --> 00:10:15,141
and sinis the pine bender,

217
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I will fix the monster

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00:10:16,821 --> 00:10:19,981
and rid Athens of its fear.

219
00:10:20,061 --> 00:10:22,781
Raise your heads,
sons and daughters
of Athens.

220
00:10:22,861 --> 00:10:24,701
Lift up your hearts.

221
00:10:24,781 --> 00:10:26,061
We will return

222
00:10:26,141 --> 00:10:28,421
with the head of the beast
on our prow.

223
00:10:28,501 --> 00:10:31,261
Don't return
under the black sail.

224
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If you come back safe,
hoist a white sail.

225
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Son, do you hear me?

226
00:10:37,181 --> 00:10:39,741
I shall be watching
every day from the cliffs.

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00:10:39,821 --> 00:10:41,741
[Theseus]
The white sail, father.

228
00:10:41,821 --> 00:10:44,821
Have no fear.
I will return, I promise.

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A white sail!

230
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I promise!

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00:10:49,461 --> 00:10:52,101
[Storyteller]
And with his promise
catching on the wind,

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theseus set sail for crete.

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00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:56,501
But at that very moment,

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in the heart
of the labyrinth,

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the minotaur awoke
from a dream in the dark

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and howled.

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[Howling]

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00:11:06,661 --> 00:11:08,861
[Ariadne]
Shh. It's all right.

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00:11:10,181 --> 00:11:11,701
It's a dream.

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00:11:11,781 --> 00:11:12,901
[Shushing]

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00:11:14,181 --> 00:11:16,381
[Growling]

242
00:11:16,461 --> 00:11:18,421
I'll tell you about
the world outside.

243
00:11:19,581 --> 00:11:21,701
About the light,

244
00:11:21,781 --> 00:11:23,621
about the color
of the sky.

245
00:11:24,981 --> 00:11:27,341
They say the sky is blue,
but it's not.

246
00:11:27,421 --> 00:11:29,781
It can be
a thousand colors.

247
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Pinks, grays,

248
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the color of gold,
the color of wine.

249
00:11:38,101 --> 00:11:39,901
And there are people.

250
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Families.

251
00:11:43,981 --> 00:11:46,021
I am somebody's daughter.

252
00:11:46,781 --> 00:11:48,821
I'm the daughter
of a king.

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00:11:49,661 --> 00:11:51,221
I am a sister.

254
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You are a son.

255
00:11:55,541 --> 00:11:57,341
You are a brother.

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[Minotaur growling]

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00:12:08,261 --> 00:12:10,581
As ariadne came
from the labyrinth,

258
00:12:10,661 --> 00:12:13,581
ran from the monster
left with its secrets,

259
00:12:13,661 --> 00:12:17,141
theseus, son of aegeus,
sailed into crete.

260
00:12:17,221 --> 00:12:20,061
And as the children of Athens
came before her,

261
00:12:20,141 --> 00:12:24,141
theseus, the hero,
stood defiant.

262
00:12:24,221 --> 00:12:27,821
And as he saw her,
as she saw him,

263
00:12:27,901 --> 00:12:30,821
the threads
of their lives crossed,

264
00:12:30,901 --> 00:12:33,821
tangled,
knotted them together.

265
00:12:36,301 --> 00:12:37,661
Kneel, athenian.

266
00:12:37,741 --> 00:12:39,141
Who am I
kneeling to?

267
00:12:39,221 --> 00:12:42,301
Ariadne,
daughter of king minos.

268
00:12:47,141 --> 00:12:50,461
If I said, "athenian,
I implore you, I beg you,

269
00:12:50,541 --> 00:12:52,181
kneel before me."

270
00:12:52,261 --> 00:12:54,101
Would you do that?

271
00:12:54,181 --> 00:12:55,901
How could I refuse?

272
00:13:00,301 --> 00:13:03,861
Forehead on the ground
as the Egyptians kneeled
to their kings and queens.

273
00:13:07,621 --> 00:13:09,381
Who are you?

274
00:13:09,461 --> 00:13:12,661
Theseus, son of aegeus.

275
00:13:12,741 --> 00:13:14,741
The king's son?

276
00:13:14,821 --> 00:13:17,981
And you go
to the minotaur
as sacrifice,

277
00:13:18,061 --> 00:13:19,901
or did you think
you would kill it?

278
00:13:19,981 --> 00:13:22,781
I think I was a fool.I think so, too.

279
00:13:22,861 --> 00:13:25,581
When I gave you
a civil answer.

280
00:13:25,661 --> 00:13:28,181
Take him away!
So die all enemies
of my father.

281
00:13:28,261 --> 00:13:30,461
[Storyteller]
As the guards lifted him up,

282
00:13:30,541 --> 00:13:32,861
he felt her press something
into his hand.

283
00:13:32,941 --> 00:13:34,421
It was a key.

284
00:13:34,501 --> 00:13:35,981
She gave him a key?

285
00:13:36,061 --> 00:13:37,981
Oh, my goodness,
this is getting exciting.

286
00:13:38,061 --> 00:13:39,781
Theseus was locked
with the others

287
00:13:39,861 --> 00:13:42,981
in the deepest,
darkest dungeon
of the palace.

288
00:13:43,061 --> 00:13:46,341
Those that slept,
shook with their nightmares.

289
00:13:46,421 --> 00:13:49,621
Those who couldn't sleep
were fixed on their fate.

290
00:13:49,701 --> 00:13:52,381
Death playing over
in their minds.

291
00:13:52,461 --> 00:13:55,501
How they would die?
What they would feel?

292
00:13:55,581 --> 00:13:58,261
Whether the pain
would be quick or slow?

293
00:13:58,341 --> 00:14:02,181
Or, Zeus, help me.
Athene, help me!

294
00:14:07,701 --> 00:14:11,181
At the far end of the palace,
you will come to a great door
marked with gold.

295
00:14:11,261 --> 00:14:13,421
Go through it
and enter the labyrinth.

296
00:14:13,501 --> 00:14:16,781
Pay out this ball of twine
behind you as you go,
to guide you on your return.

297
00:14:16,861 --> 00:14:18,741
Go forwards
and always down.

298
00:14:18,821 --> 00:14:20,581
And in the very heart
of the maze,

299
00:14:20,661 --> 00:14:21,941
you'll find the beast.

300
00:14:22,021 --> 00:14:23,621
Why do you do this for me?

301
00:14:23,701 --> 00:14:27,981
Because the curse on Athens
is also the curse on crete.

302
00:14:28,061 --> 00:14:29,941
Because of the way
you look at me.

303
00:14:30,021 --> 00:14:32,381
How do I look at you?

304
00:14:32,461 --> 00:14:33,781
Like this.

305
00:14:34,941 --> 00:14:36,301
And like this.

306
00:14:38,021 --> 00:14:41,301
Why do you want
the minotaur dead?

307
00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:44,301
It shames my family.
It shames me.

308
00:14:45,661 --> 00:14:47,581
What life does it have
in the dark?

309
00:14:47,661 --> 00:14:48,901
It's loveless.

310
00:14:48,981 --> 00:14:50,701
Don't ask more.

311
00:14:50,781 --> 00:14:52,941
Go. Go and kill the beast.

312
00:14:54,701 --> 00:14:57,181
Promise me one thing.

313
00:14:57,261 --> 00:15:00,701
Promise me if you return,
you'll take me with you.

314
00:15:00,781 --> 00:15:02,101
I promise.

315
00:15:03,781 --> 00:15:05,421
[Storyteller]
And so theseus the hero,

316
00:15:05,501 --> 00:15:08,141
opened the great door
to the labyrinth.

317
00:15:16,901 --> 00:15:19,661
He knew immediately
the beast could sense him.

318
00:15:19,741 --> 00:15:21,781
That like a brooding
black spider,

319
00:15:21,861 --> 00:15:23,821
it could sense
the slightest movement

320
00:15:23,901 --> 00:15:26,141
in its massive,
intricate web.

321
00:15:28,061 --> 00:15:29,581
[Grunting]

322
00:15:29,661 --> 00:15:32,461
Theseus froze.
Could hear his own heartbeat.

323
00:15:33,821 --> 00:15:35,301
Or was it the beast's.

324
00:15:37,261 --> 00:15:39,541
What happened?
No, don't tell me.

325
00:15:39,621 --> 00:15:41,101
No, tell me.

326
00:15:41,181 --> 00:15:42,981
Oh, this is terrible.

327
00:15:43,061 --> 00:15:45,181
Theseus crept round
the next corner,

328
00:15:45,261 --> 00:15:46,501
and the next,

329
00:15:46,581 --> 00:15:49,581
always forwards,
always down,

330
00:15:49,661 --> 00:15:52,021
paying out
the thread, until...

331
00:15:55,701 --> 00:15:57,381
[Minotaur howling]

332
00:15:58,901 --> 00:16:01,221
The power of a bull,
the guile of a man.

333
00:16:01,301 --> 00:16:03,661
It knew every inch
of its domain.

334
00:16:03,741 --> 00:16:06,221
Wherever theseus went,
it knew another way.

335
00:16:06,301 --> 00:16:09,301
Suddenly appearing,
smashing through passages,

336
00:16:09,381 --> 00:16:12,261
maddened, wild, famished.

337
00:16:12,341 --> 00:16:13,821
[Growling]

338
00:16:36,421 --> 00:16:37,901
[Groaning]

339
00:16:42,581 --> 00:16:46,341
It lay there on the floor,
bleeding to death.

340
00:16:46,421 --> 00:16:49,581
And theseus stood above it
with his sword.

341
00:16:49,661 --> 00:16:51,101
And as he watched,

342
00:16:51,181 --> 00:16:53,741
its huge jaws moved.

343
00:16:53,821 --> 00:16:56,901
And it seemed to him
as if the sounds
coming from them

344
00:16:56,981 --> 00:16:58,821
were almost human.

345
00:16:59,781 --> 00:17:02,421
"Mother," it seemed to say.

346
00:17:03,061 --> 00:17:06,421
"Mother, father,

347
00:17:06,501 --> 00:17:09,101
brother, sister."

348
00:17:10,821 --> 00:17:12,261
[Ariadne crying]

349
00:17:13,341 --> 00:17:16,261
No! Don't!

350
00:17:17,781 --> 00:17:19,301
Don't kill him.

351
00:17:21,421 --> 00:17:23,021
He's my brother.

352
00:17:30,101 --> 00:17:33,141
Please. He's my brother.

353
00:17:35,461 --> 00:17:38,101
Move! Move away!

354
00:17:39,061 --> 00:17:41,861
Theseus, son of aegeus.

355
00:17:41,941 --> 00:17:43,541
[Loud howling]

356
00:17:50,461 --> 00:17:51,461
He killed it?

357
00:17:51,541 --> 00:17:52,621
He killed it.

358
00:17:52,701 --> 00:17:54,781
Oh.oh, what?

359
00:17:54,861 --> 00:17:56,261
Was it really
her brother?

360
00:17:56,341 --> 00:17:57,821
It really was.

361
00:17:57,901 --> 00:17:59,421
That's sad.

362
00:17:59,501 --> 00:18:02,301
That's why ariadne
always came here, isn't it?

363
00:18:02,381 --> 00:18:04,021
Because she was
his sister.

364
00:18:04,101 --> 00:18:06,101
That's right.

365
00:18:06,181 --> 00:18:09,861
Did theseus have to kill him?
Couldn't he have been tamed?

366
00:18:09,941 --> 00:18:12,461
Theseus saw only the beast.

367
00:18:12,541 --> 00:18:14,141
Saw only the moment

368
00:18:14,221 --> 00:18:17,501
when he could hold the horns
aloft on the quay at Athens.

369
00:18:17,581 --> 00:18:19,581
His father's face,
the pride,

370
00:18:19,661 --> 00:18:21,621
the hero's welcome.

371
00:18:21,701 --> 00:18:23,741
All his life
had been for that moment.

372
00:18:23,821 --> 00:18:26,661
The birth, the rock,
the sword, the labors,

373
00:18:26,741 --> 00:18:28,181
all for that moment

374
00:18:28,261 --> 00:18:31,061
when he struck off the head
of the minotaur.

375
00:18:31,141 --> 00:18:33,621
Within an hour,
he was pulling out
of the harbor,

376
00:18:33,701 --> 00:18:37,341
firing the cretan ships,
heading out towards
the open sea,

377
00:18:37,421 --> 00:18:40,381
the beast's head
wrapped in sailcloth.

378
00:18:40,461 --> 00:18:42,101
Did she go with him?

379
00:18:42,181 --> 00:18:44,021
She did go with him.

380
00:18:44,101 --> 00:18:45,901
She loved him.

381
00:18:45,981 --> 00:18:49,221
From the first moment
she'd seen him,
she loved him.

382
00:18:49,301 --> 00:18:52,901
But already she saw
his heart was growing
cold and famous.

383
00:18:52,981 --> 00:18:55,381
And she was forced to look
on the bloodied sail

384
00:18:55,461 --> 00:18:57,261
which covered
her brother's head.

385
00:18:57,341 --> 00:19:00,301
And the burning
of her father's mighty fleet.

386
00:19:00,381 --> 00:19:01,901
And regret chilled her

387
00:19:01,981 --> 00:19:03,621
as she stood and watched crete

388
00:19:03,701 --> 00:19:06,461
recede and fade
on the horizon,

389
00:19:06,541 --> 00:19:08,861
knowing she could
never go back.

390
00:19:11,861 --> 00:19:14,181
The next night,
they put in at naxos,

391
00:19:14,261 --> 00:19:16,141
âª[music playing] certain of their safety,

392
00:19:16,221 --> 00:19:18,581
danced the dance of the crane.

393
00:19:18,661 --> 00:19:22,741
The 14 athenians danced
the ritual steps of victory,

394
00:19:22,821 --> 00:19:24,581
feasted late into the night.

395
00:19:24,661 --> 00:19:27,021
The fires, the wine,

396
00:19:27,101 --> 00:19:29,661
the triumph
flushing their faces.

397
00:19:31,021 --> 00:19:33,781
And ariadne watched,
pale as sin,

398
00:19:33,861 --> 00:19:37,461
watched and waited
for her new lord
to join her.

399
00:19:37,541 --> 00:19:39,821
Waited for him
to lie with her.

400
00:19:41,861 --> 00:19:45,101
And when the fire
had died to its embers,

401
00:19:45,181 --> 00:19:47,861
when the wineskins were dry,

402
00:19:47,941 --> 00:19:50,861
when his feet
could no longer carry him,

403
00:19:50,941 --> 00:19:52,701
theseus came to her.

404
00:19:54,461 --> 00:19:57,661
And all night,
he promised her anything.

405
00:19:57,741 --> 00:19:59,501
Everything.

406
00:19:59,581 --> 00:20:01,901
The promise
of a man to a woman.

407
00:20:03,301 --> 00:20:06,301
The promise his father
had made to his mother.

408
00:20:07,901 --> 00:20:09,301
And broken.

409
00:20:11,221 --> 00:20:12,661
So, he married her?

410
00:20:12,741 --> 00:20:15,901
When ariadne woke,
the bed was empty.

411
00:20:15,981 --> 00:20:18,181
The sun beat down
on the white sand.

412
00:20:18,261 --> 00:20:20,301
She looked for theseus,
but he was gone.

413
00:20:20,381 --> 00:20:23,421
She ran to the shore,
running through the ashes
of the feast,

414
00:20:23,501 --> 00:20:26,581
running in the footprints
of the dance,
into the water,

415
00:20:26,661 --> 00:20:28,701
as the ship
with the black sail

416
00:20:28,781 --> 00:20:30,821
carried theseus to Athens.

417
00:20:31,341 --> 00:20:32,581
Theseus!

418
00:20:33,941 --> 00:20:35,461
Son of aegeus!

419
00:20:36,341 --> 00:20:37,981
Breaker of promises!

420
00:20:39,181 --> 00:20:40,461
Betrayer!

421
00:20:42,101 --> 00:20:45,061
But already theseus' thoughts
were elsewhere,

422
00:20:45,141 --> 00:20:48,061
puzzling on the beast's head
he kept in the sailcloth.

423
00:20:48,141 --> 00:20:50,381
Now folding,
now unfolding.

424
00:20:50,461 --> 00:20:55,301
Amazed that with each day,
its features seemed to him
more human.

425
00:20:55,381 --> 00:20:56,981
More gentle.

426
00:20:57,061 --> 00:20:58,981
That was his sail.

427
00:20:59,061 --> 00:21:01,541
That was the white sail
he promised he would hoist
on his return.

428
00:21:01,621 --> 00:21:03,061
I know.

429
00:21:03,141 --> 00:21:05,261
Not wrap the head in it.
He promised his father.

430
00:21:05,341 --> 00:21:08,341
Aegeus had grown old
scanning the distance.

431
00:21:08,421 --> 00:21:10,101
He had grown old waiting.

432
00:21:10,181 --> 00:21:11,701
But then, one day,

433
00:21:11,781 --> 00:21:13,941
standing at the edge
of the cliffs,

434
00:21:14,021 --> 00:21:16,181
he saw a sail approaching.

435
00:21:16,261 --> 00:21:18,381
He held his breath.

436
00:21:18,461 --> 00:21:21,581
From the altars of my family,
you lured me.

437
00:21:21,661 --> 00:21:24,861
My brother's blood
on my hands, faithless one.

438
00:21:24,941 --> 00:21:28,701
His eyes were weak,
the sun so blinding.

439
00:21:28,781 --> 00:21:32,141
At first he could not tell
if it were white or black.

440
00:21:32,221 --> 00:21:34,941
You carried the beast's
poor head with you!

441
00:21:35,021 --> 00:21:37,981
But also my heart!
My heart!

442
00:21:38,061 --> 00:21:39,901
My wretched heart!

443
00:21:39,981 --> 00:21:42,661
[Ariadne]
Abandoned on this shore.
No way back,

444
00:21:42,741 --> 00:21:44,021
none forward.

445
00:21:44,981 --> 00:21:46,581
I curse you!

446
00:21:48,141 --> 00:21:49,501
I curse you!

447
00:21:51,101 --> 00:21:52,541
I curse you!

448
00:21:54,661 --> 00:21:56,501
[Storyteller]
His heart broken,

449
00:21:56,581 --> 00:21:59,581
he leapt out
into the dazzling light
of the day into the sea,

450
00:21:59,661 --> 00:22:02,101
which ever after
bears his name.

451
00:22:03,101 --> 00:22:05,261
I curse your birth!

452
00:22:05,341 --> 00:22:07,981
I curse the love
I bore for you!

453
00:22:08,061 --> 00:22:10,181
You gods who watch
all things,

454
00:22:10,261 --> 00:22:13,181
hear my cries! Mark my tears!

455
00:22:13,261 --> 00:22:16,901
Let the sky fall on him,
the sea swallow him,

456
00:22:16,981 --> 00:22:18,981
the earth drown him!

457
00:22:19,061 --> 00:22:22,741
He abandoned me!

458
00:22:29,261 --> 00:22:32,021
[Storyteller]
Theseus, son of aegeus,

459
00:22:33,021 --> 00:22:34,821
bull-slayer,

460
00:22:34,901 --> 00:22:36,621
king of Athens.

461
00:22:43,661 --> 00:22:45,661
Many nights he would dream

462
00:22:45,741 --> 00:22:48,781
of wandering through
the winding corridors
of his palace,

463
00:22:48,861 --> 00:22:51,101
looking as he had done
once before

464
00:22:51,181 --> 00:22:53,541
for a monster to kill.

465
00:22:53,621 --> 00:22:56,941
But in the dream,
it was always his mother,

466
00:22:57,021 --> 00:23:01,021
or his father,
or his wife he killed.

467
00:23:01,101 --> 00:23:03,701
And when he caught
his own reflection,

468
00:23:03,781 --> 00:23:05,741
he had the monster's face.