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Mazes and labyrinths - a general account of their history and developments

CONTENTS Preface vii-viii Contents ix-xiv List of Illustrations xv-xviii CHAPTER I Introduction The Lure of the Labyrinth — Difficulties of Definition — The Subject and Object of this Book — The Lore of the Labyrinth — Some NegleCted British Monuments — Destructive Dogmatism : a Plea for Caution 1-5 CHAPTER II The Egyptian Labyrinth (i) Accounts of the Ancient Writers Enormous Edifices of Egypt — Herodotus : his Account of the Labyrinth, its Vastness and Complexity, and its Lake — Strabo's Description — The Sacred Crocodiles — Accounts of Diodorus, Pomponius Mela, and Pliny 6-10 CHAPTER III The Egyptian Labyrinth (continued) (ii) Accounts of Later Explorers Decay of the Labyrinth — Travels of Lucas and Pococke — French and Prussian Expeditions — Researches of Flinders Petrie — Speculations regarding Original Plan — Purpose and Date of Construction 11-16 CHAPTER IV The Cretan Labyrinth (i) The Story of Theseus and the Minotaur Plutarch's Life of Theseus ; the Cretan Exploit — The Athenian Tribute — The Labyrinth of Daedalus — The Clue of Ariadne — The Fight with the Minotaur — The Crane Dance — Tragedies of the Hero's Return — Other Accounts of the Legend — Speculations concerning M

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