Several Greek myths tell of maidens being sacrificed to some monster, such, for example, as Theseus and The Minotaur. These are believed to have had their origin in rumors of Phœnician sacrifices. The stories reached the shores of Greece in various forms and with the aid of Greek imaginations were woven into the tales as we know them.
SHELLS OF THE SEA SNAIL FROM WHICH THE PURPLE DYE WAS MADE.
[1] Boughton: History of Ancient Peoples.
[2] I. Kings. 7.
[3] Graham: Roman Africa, 1, 2.