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THE MONSTER IN THE MAZE


MINOTAUR


AMARANTA SBARDELLA

Greeks and Romans loved the myth of the Minotaur,
a half man, half bull who dwelled in the Labyrinth
until he was slain by the Athenian hero Theseus. The
legend’s details and symbols reveal much about the
distant past that shaped the Mediterranean world.
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