Produce a sentence which has a cefr level of "a1" and keywords: tribute, youths, maidens, crete, food.
When the third tribute of youths and maidens was due to be sent to Crete as food for the Minotaur, Theseus volunteered to be included in it in the hope that he would be able kill the monster and so relieve Athens from the tribute; or else he was simply chosen by lot along with the other young people.