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Mazes and labyrinths : a general account of their history and developments (1922)

Matthews, William Henry, 1882- · London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.E.4 · leaf 99

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Sailing towards the labyrinth was a boat containingtigures which presumably represented Theseus and his E 49 companions. The design was accompanied by the wordshic inclusus vitam perdit. Another well-preserved mosaic of this charafter was … •:3< 3 a ■Si ■SI O 1^ discovered in 1884 at Brindisi, and placed in the munici-pal museum of that town. It measures 17 ft. by 10 ft.6 in., and shows within a square labyrinth Theseus inthe a6l of clubbing the Minotaur, who has fallen on his 50 knees. Around the labyrinth are various perches…

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