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<blockquote data-quote="Loonook" data-source="post: 5831941" data-attributes="member: 1861">Now I present with multiple images that show the labyrinth on coins from the period from Knossos, the meaning of labyrinth vs. maze, and the whole 'these images are from the period of accounts of the labyrinth' thing.&nbsp; There is no historical labyrinth, but the term itself has been branched from maze for quite some time... of course, we can also appeal to interpretations as they appear in texts of the era, such as presented by Socrates in Euthydemus (yay Wikipedia saving me from going through my books again!):&quot;Then it seemed like falling into a labyrinth: we thought we were at the finish, but our way bent round and we found ourselves as it were back at the beginning, and just as far from that which we were seeking at first.&quot;Now this is particularly quoted by Kerényi to illustrate the use of the term not as a branching, multicursal form, but as a spiral meander, single-lined, single-coursed, and patterned off of multiple traditions of such forms.&nbsp; There is even a discussion of the symbol of the labyrinth and the fact that the symbol (a spiral) and the item (a spiraling, meandering unicursal path) became one in the same.Of course, I could be completely wrong.&nbsp; My decades of mythology, my degree in religious studies and history of the ancient world, and my love for all things trivial could just be 'off' on this one.&nbsp; Now, the fact that noone had entered the thing other than Daedalus, dead virgins, and a light-starved man-bull who may have a bit of a time navigating such passages at full-size.Again, not even all of the myths have Ariadne giving him thread... But again, you are quite aware of all that comes about in this sort of thing.&nbsp; Cheers.Slainte,-Loonook.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Loonook, post: 5831941, member: 1861"] Now I present with multiple images that show the labyrinth on coins from the period from Knossos, the meaning of labyrinth vs. maze, and the whole 'these images are from the period of accounts of the labyrinth' thing. There is no historical labyrinth, but the term itself has been branched from maze for quite some time... of course, we can also appeal to interpretations as they appear in texts of the era, such as presented by Socrates in [I]Euthydemus [/I] (yay Wikipedia saving me from going through my books again!): "Then it seemed like falling into a labyrinth: we thought we were at the finish, but our way bent round and we found ourselves as it were back at the beginning, and just as far from that which we were seeking at first." Now this is particularly quoted by Kerényi to illustrate the use of the term not as a branching, multicursal form, but as a spiral meander, single-lined, single-coursed, and patterned off of multiple traditions of such forms. There is even a discussion of the symbol of the labyrinth and the fact that the symbol (a spiral) and the item (a spiraling, meandering unicursal path) became one in the same. Of course, I could be completely wrong. My decades of mythology, my degree in religious studies and history of the ancient world, and my love for all things trivial could just be 'off' on this one. Now, the fact that noone had entered the thing other than Daedalus, dead virgins, and a light-starved man-bull who may have a bit of a time navigating such passages at full-size. Again, not even all of the myths have Ariadne giving him thread... But again, you are quite aware of all that comes about in this sort of thing. Cheers. Slainte, -Loonook. [/QUOTE]

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