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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 3829751" data-attributes="member: 34175">I beg to differ - the clew (or clue) of Aridane was given to Theseus in order to find his way.  In the original Greek the word (knossos - knowledge)  describes the location as well as the meaning of the labyrinth, the metaphore for life.  The clew was also used by the Fates to follow the life through their path, cut the clew the life ends, string abreast of another and two shall meet, tie it in a knot and the life will hang in the balance, never moving forward or back.  The clew is the key, the passage translates (roughly) to something akin to, 'take this clew to navigate the maze, for without it, you will double back upon where you have been and find you cannot return to where you have trod.' (Sorry my ancient Greek is a bit rusty.)  In modern translations this passage often just states that the passage will double back and end in walls (dead ends) but only in the most literal of translations. Which any linguist will tell you is a pretty crappy way of interpreting anything.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  So, no, it isn't over-sexed or even window dressed.</blockquote>