The House of Asterion

The House of Asterion is based on The Myth of the Minotaur. I really enjoyed this myth because it has so many different stories going on within one. For example, the story mentions how Pasipahae falls in love with a bull and bears a minotaur as a curse from Poseidon to King Minos. It then tells the story of how, after the death of one of Minos' human sons, Androgeus, King Minos seeks revenge against Greece with the aid of Zeus. That is why they had to sacrifice some people every nine years to the Minotaur, which was locked up in a labyrinth by Minos. The Minotaur was finnaly killed by Theseus, son of Aegeus and Aethra, with the help of Ariadne who had fallen in love with him. However, he left her abandoned when they stopped at the island of Naxos. On his way home, he forgot to change the his sail from black to white, to signal his safe return to his father, and consequently, caused his father to commit suicide.