 Minos was angry and declared war on Athens.He offered the Athenians peace if they sent Minos seven young men and seven virgin maidens to feed the Minotaur every year (which corresponded directly to the Minoans' meticulous records of lunar alignments - a full moon falls on the equinoxes once every eight years).This continued until Theseus killed the Minotaur with the help of Ariadne, Minos' lovestruck daughter.