A winding cultural history of mazes and labyrinths, tracing the Theseus myth through art, literature, archaeology, and personal memoir.
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A winding cultural history of mazes and labyrinths, tracing the Theseus myth through art, literature, archaeology, and personal memoir.
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BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK The tale of how the hero Theseus killed the Minotaur, finding his way out of the labyrinth using Ariadne's ball of red thread, is one of the most intriguing, suggestive and persistent of all myths, and the labyrinth - the beautiful, confounding and terrifying building created for the half-man, half-bull monster - is one of the foundational symbols of human ingenuity and artistry. Charlotte Higgins, author of the Baillie Gifford-shortlisted Under Another Sky , tra...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Classical myth: Ariadne’s love; Pasiphaë’s union with the bull
Violence & gore
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Mythic violence: youths fed to Minotaur; Theseus slays the beast
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Religious content
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Medieval church labyrinths; classical myth and sacred symbolism
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Mythic human sacrifice of youths to the Minotaur referenced
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