Theseus and the Minotaur (Myths and Legends)

Theseus and the Minotaur is the second episode of Disney's Animated Myths and Legends. It aired on January 2, 1998. The plot closely follows that of the mythological story and involves Theseus' quest to battle the Minotaur.

Plot
King Minos, the ruler of Crete, is feared by the kingdoms that surround him, and none of these feel his wrath more than the Athenians. After the death of the King's son, he has promised not to wage war on them as long as the Athenians keep up their end of the bargain; every seven years, fourteen men and women are taken to Crete on a black-sailed ship and imprisoned inside a giant maze called the Labyrinth, where they are subsequently slaughtered by the Minotaur, a half-bull monster which is the product of an affair his wife had with a pure white bull given to him by the god Poseidon, which the king refused to sacrifice. Although Minos' daughter, Ariadne, begs him to end this ritual sacrifice, he rebuffs her, telling her that "they (the Athenians), will pay the price" for the death of his son and her brother.

Meanwhile, in Athens, Theseus, witnesses several young men and women being forcibly taken from their homes by Minos' soldiers.