Minotaur - Monster? Or Victim?

Born out of an affront to the gods, a shameful reminder of King Minos' greed and ingratitude, from birth the Minotaur was locked away in an impenetrable labyrinth, condemned to an exsistence of darkness and brutality. 
The Minotaur is not the only monster in this tale of misdeeds.... 
Picture the creature, shambling through the dark prison corridors, animal keen senses leading it unerringly through the maze. The unfortunate Athenians are clean and fresh, smelling of soaps and outside air. As it stealthily approaches, does the monster recall the warmth of sunlight, the cool salt breezes from the sea? Is the Minotaur human enough to wonder just why it deserved this fate? 

The Classic Myth of the Minotaur 
a brief retelling

The Vow 
Minos vowed to sacrifice the best bull in the land to Posiedon if he became King. 
Minos was only one of many contenders for the throne of Crete, each with their own army. In the end, with Posiedon's aid, he was victorious. 
Posiedon sent from the sea a glorious white bull for the sacrifice. 
The Betrayal 
But when King Minos saw the bull he longed to possess it. For Posiedon's promised sacrifice he substituted a lesser bull, keeping the white bull from the sea as his own. 
The God's Revenge 
Posiedon was wroth, and caused Minos's wife Pasifae to fall in love with the bull. 
With the ingenius assistance of Daedalus, the great artificer, Pasifae and the bull from the sea eventually produced a child. 
The Minotaur 
The Minotaur was not only horrible in appearance, it was a far too visible reminder of King Minos' broken vow. Abandoned to die, as was the custom, the infant minotaur not only lived, but grew wild, strong, and vicious. Soon the result of King Minos' folly began to terrorize the countryside. 
The Labrynth 
King Minos charged Daedalus to design a prison to hold the minotaur. He created the labrynth, an impenatrable maze, which could also be used to dispose of prisoners. Send them in, eventually the minotaur would find them. 
The minotaur has been fed, and an inconvenient person has disappeared. A twofold solution. 
The End 
The Minotaur met it's end at the hands of Theseus of Athens, who volunteered to be sacrificed to the beast. (It's a long story.) 
King Minos' own daughter Ariadne fell in love with the brave Athenian, and supplied him with a ball of string (to negotiate the Labrynth) and in some accounts, a sword. When Theseus emerged alive from the Labrynth, he led a victorious revolt against the illfated King Minos as well. Theseus went on to many more exploits. 
But that's another story........