Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments (1922)
Matthews, William Henry, 1882- · London, New York, etc. Longmans, Green · leaf 97
Sailing towards the labyrinth was a boat containing figures 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 character was … 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 ac~t of clubbing the Minotaur, who has fallen on his 5° knees. Around the labyrinth are various perches withbirds thereon, perhaps…
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