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| L a b y r i n t h  o f   M i n o s  |

“IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, KING MINOS OF CRETE BUILT A LABYRINTH TO HOUSE A FEROCIOUS HALF-MAN, HALF-BULL BEAST. AFTER DEFEATING ATHENS, MINOS COMPELLED THE PEOPLE OF ATHENS TO OFFER SEVEN YOUNG MEN AND SEVEN MAIDENS TO BE FED TO THE BEAST. EVENTUALLY, THE ATHENIAN PRINCE THESEUS VOLUNTEERED AS TRIBUTE. ARIADNE, A CRETAN PRINCESS, FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PRINCE AT FIRST SIGHT, AND GAVE HIM A BALL OF THREAD, ENABLING HIM TO TIE ONE END AT THE ENTRANCE AND NAVIGATE HIS WAY OUT OF THE LABYRINTH.


IN THE LABYRINTH, YOU WILL LOSE THE GOLDEN THREAD FROM TIME TO TIME. HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD STILL TRY TO PICK UP THE THREADS AGAIN. YOU CAN GET LOST IN A MAZE, BUT NOT IN A LABYRINTH: THERE IS ONLY ONE ENTRANCE AND THAT IS ALSO THE EXIT.”

SALVATION FROM DIONYSUS 

ARIADNE'S THREAD

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