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... olim crudeli peste coactam Androgeoneae poenas exsoluere caedis electos...


Androgeon, the son of King Minos and a wrestler, was killed by King Aegeus. The violation of guest friendship cause a plague and this forced Athens to send 7 boys and 7 girls annually to feed the Minotaur, the son of queen Pasiphae by a bull.


 
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