The Minotaur in his Labyrinth, Roman mosaic, 3rd century AD, ConÃmbriga, Portugal
I love how it’s not actually even possible to get lost in this labyrinth. There’s no dead ends. If the minotaur just keeps walking long enough and doesn’t turn back, he’ll get out
… I mean I think that is the actual definition of a labyrinth (what differentiates it from just a maze)
but… still it seems like that goes against the whole concept of the story, where it was a pretty important plot point that you could get lost in it, and needed a ball of string to find the way out?
