Bremen: Alright, do you all remember the basics we talked about?

Baden: Egypt had the oldest mythology, around 5,000 years older then Greece's.

Teutonic Knight: The stories were either to teach lessons or to explain why things were the way they are.

Bavaria: Roman mythology is pretty much Greek mythology with the names changed.

Bremen: Today, we're going to Greece's mythology, the story of The Minotaur. "King Minos was one of the three sons born to Zeus and Europa."

Baden: Didn't Zeus kidnap Europa?

Bavaria: Yeah, and she's why Greece calls the place and places around where we live Europe, meaning "lands we don't know much about".

Bremen: Good job! You two were listening. "To prove that the gods willed him to be king, Minos had to call for a sign from the gods. He prayed to Poseidon to send him a animal and swore to sacrifice the animal to him afterwards."

Teutonic Knight: This is going to end so badly when you ignore the sacrifice.

Bremen: "Poseidon sent a beautiful bull, with soft reddish eyes and snow white fur."

Baden: That sounds familiar...

Teutonic Knight: Don't compare me to a bull!

Bremen: "Sadly, Minos loved the bull so much, he couldn't order it killed. Poseidon wasn't pleased. He told Aphrodite that Minos's wife, Pasiphae, was not giving her proper respect. Angered, Aphrodite caused Pasiphae to fall in love with the bull."

Bavaria: Wait, what?

Baden: This seems against so many laws of nature!

Bremen: I'm skipping that part!

Teutonic Knight and Bavaria: EWWW!

Bremen: "The child was a hideous monster, the body of a human and the head of a bull. He was named Asterion, but every called him "the Minotaur" meaning "the bull of Minos".

Baden: Why does Greece keep putting animals in uncomfortable situations?