 He tied the string to an ant, which walked through the seashell, stringing it all the way through.Minos then knew Daedalus was in the court of King Cocalus and demanded he be handed over.Cocalus managed to convince him to take a bath first; then Cocalus' daughters and Daedalus, with Minos trapped in the bath, scalded him to death with boiling water.