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Labyrinth

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Siller cunyie frae Knossos representin the labyrinth, 400 BC.

In Greek meethology, the labyrinth (Greek: λαβύρινθος labyrinthos) wis an elaborate structur designed an biggit bi the legendary airtificer Daedalus for King Minos o Crete at Knossos. Its function wis tae hauld the Minotaur eventually killed bi the hero Theseus. Daedalus haed sae cunningly made the Labyrinth that he could barely escape it efter he biggit it.[1]

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  1. Doob 1992, p. 36