Tell me, then, why you come.' 'To fetch the tribute which King AEgeus promised to Minos, and confirmed his promise with an oath.

For Minos conquered all this land, and Megara which lies to the east, when he came hither with a great fleet of ships, enraged about the murder of his son.

For his son Androgeos came hither to the Panathenaic games, and overcame all the Greeks in the sports, so that the people honoured him as a hero.

But when AEgeus saw his valour, he envied him, and feared lest he should join the sons of Pallas, and take away the sceptre from him.

So he plotted against his life, and slew him basely, no man knows how or where.