Ariadne

Phaedra waits on the rocks where Theseus directed until morning comes. She worries something has gone wrong—that Theseus perished within the Labyrinth—but she finds it open and empty. Theseus has succeeded, but he and the hostages are nowhere to be found. She notices a nearby watchman looking up at the sky and follows his gaze. Flying through the sky is a winged man: Daedalus and his son, Icarus, soar above Knossos, making their escape. Phaedra and the guards watch. As Icarus flies too close to the sun, his wings fall apart and he plunges into the sea below. Daedalus flies away and disappears. The news of both Theseus’s and Daedalus’s escape has reached King Minos, and the king flies into a rage. It is announced then that the Minotaur’s remains have been found in a cove west of the harbor—not to the east, where Theseus directed Phaedra. When the Minotaur’s remains are laid out, Pasiphae wails with grief and faints. Minos commands his men to prepare his ship so he can retaliate.