Theseus, prince of Athens, awakens injured and bound inside an
unknown hut. Facing him stands his captor – a mighty, bull-headed
man! There, at the centre of the labyrinth built by engineer Dedalus
for the king of Crete, Minos, Theseus is astonished to discover that
the blood-thirsty monster that the legends describe is in fact a
rational being named Asterios, who begins to recount the story of his
life. Between the young Athenian sacrifice and the feared creature,
grudging respect emerges …