The time has come again to pay the tribute," he said __?__ "and although I am their king, I can do nothing to protect the fourteen who will draw unlucky lots and be sent to Crete, never to return."

Theseus remained __?__ and prepared for the voyage to Crete.

Long ago at the king's command, it was Daedalus who built a __?__ beneath the palace as a cage to hold the Minotaur.

Gazing at the prince, she made up her mind to save him from the king's __?__ cruelty.

"You must secure one end of this ball of thread to the entrance of the labyrinth and keep hold of the rest of the ball as the string __?__ behind you."

Theseus dropped the ball of thread because he was shaken by the __?__ of the struggle.

"Minos will blame Daedalus for your escape. I cannot __?__ my father to the king's wrath."

Poseidon sent a __?__ wave smashing into the bronze giant.

What is done is done," he said in a __?__ tone. "Give it a rest."