Well, as we know, after the battle between Theseus and the Minotaur, King Aegeus told Theseus to come back on the ship with the red sail to indicate that he was alive. Instead, Theseus's ship came back with a black sail. The black sail made King Aegeus that Theseus was dead. Theseus sailed away with a beautiful maiden girl, and sailed to rule a new land far away. Theseus created a more civilized kingdom which was less brutal then.
