Ball, W. W. Rouse (Walter William Rouse), 1850-1925 · London, Macmillan · leaf 207
wer was merely ahouse, the passages in which were confusing and ill-arranged. Another class of ancient mazes consisted of a tortuous pathconfined to a small area of ground and leading to a tree orshrine in the centre f. This is a maze in which there is nochance of taking a wrong turning; but, as… … Figure i. Figure ii. The traditional form of the labyrinth constructed for theMinotaur is a specimen of this class. It was delineated onthe reverses of the coins of Cnossus, specimens of which arenot uncommon; one form of it is indicated in the accompanyingdiagram (figure i). The design really is…
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