Answer:
Athens agrees to pay the tribute.
Young people participate in a lottery.
Theseus fights the Minotaur.
Explanation:
In James Baldwin's "Cruel Tribute", the story revolves around how the 'cruel tribute' of paying young men and women to King Minos, king of Crete. The ancient Greek story of how Theseus defeated the monster Minotaur is from this story.
King Minos exacted revenge for the death of his son Androgeos on the land of Athens who he had wrongly accused of killing him. Though the Athenian elders deny it, the king was stubborn in his word and asked for an annual tribute of "<em>seven of your noblest youths and seven of your fairest maidens</em>". Thus, his actions led to the agreement of Athens to pay the tribute, where young people would have to participate in the lottery that decided who should go. And this eventually led to the selection of Thesues, the king's son who fought and won against the Minotaur.
