Ariadne’s Thread

The basic story of the Ancient Greek myth is a given: the labyrinth, the Minotaur, Theseus, Ariadne, and of course, the thread. Theseus bids a tender farewell to his beloved and steps into the maze. He searches for the monster resolutely, his sword drawn and ready to fight as he makes his way along the winding corridors. In the meantime, suspecting nothing, the Minotaur roams the labyrinth. They miss each other several times by only a hair. The Minotaur trips and falls on its face. As it clambers to its feet it sees that a piece of taut string is what caused the fall. It sniffs the thread and starts following the thread. Theseus wanders up and down the corridors, getting angrier as each moment passes. The Minotaur follows the thread

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