Why did Theseus go to Crete?
A) He was captured and sent to Crete as a sacrifice to the Minotaur, and nobody believed he was the son of the king.
B) He volunteered as a sacrifice in order to stop the killing of young Athenian men and women.
C) He had been told by the Oracle at Delphi that a great love waited for him on Crete.
D) He went to rescue Ariadne, who was to be sacrificed.
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