According to Greek mythology, the ingenious inventor Daedalus designed an intricate maze with a monstrous animal at the center, that could kill the people unfortunate enough to arrive there. What was the name of the maze and the animal?

The myth is set on the island of Crete, ruled by the powerful King Minos. To contain a terrifying creature, Minos commissioned the master craftsman Daedalus to build an inescapable prison. Daedalus, a legendary inventor and architect, devised a structure of such bewildering complexity that he himself could barely find his way out after completing it. This intricate, winding structure was known as the Labyrinth, a name that has since become synonymous with any confusing maze.

At the center of this architectural marvel lived the Minotaur. This fearsome beast, with the body of a man and the head of a bull, was the offspring of Minos’s wife, Pasiphaë, and a divine bull sent by the god Poseidon. As punishment for a past offense, the city of Athens was forced to send a tribute of young men and women into the Labyrinth to be devoured by the Minotaur. The creature’s reign of terror only ended when the Athenian hero Theseus volunteered as a tribute, navigated the maze with the help of Princess Ariadne, and slew the monster at its heart.