Which of the following statements about King Minos and Daedalus best describes their relationship?
A. King Minos became jealous of Daedalus’s cunning, so he imprisoned him.
B. Daedalus worked for the king, but the king was unpredictable and eventually had Daedalus imprisoned.
C. The king wanted to see if his architect was cunning enough to escape from the maze he built.
D. Daedalus is a god and king Minos is jealous of this fact.
Answers
Answer:
Daedalus is a god king Minos is jealous of this fact
Answer:
B. Daedalus worked for the king, but the king was unpredictable and eventually had Daedalus imprisoned.
Explanation:
To an extent option B is correct. Daedalus was an architect and worked for King Minos. At the request of the queen, Daedalus built a lifelike model of a cow in which she could conceal herself and spend time with her beloved bull. As a result, Minotaur was born, a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull. On orderd from the king to construct a prison that could not be escaped. Daedalus designed the Labyrinth to imprision Minotaur. Ariadne the king's daughter, fell in love with Theseus and asked Daedalus to help save him. When Theseus went into the Labyrinth to slay the Minotaur, Ariadne gave him a ball of string that she had obtained from Daedalus. He killed the beast and then used the string to find his way out of the Labyrinth. When King Minos discovered what had happened, he was furious. To punish Daedalus for his role in the escape, the king imprisoned him and his young son Icarus in the Labyrinth.