Labyrinth

:This article is about the mazelike labyrinth. For other uses, see labyrinth (disambiguation)

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In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate maze-like structure constructed for King Minos of Crete and designed by the legendary artificer Daedalus to hold the Minotaur, a creature that was half man and half bull and was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. Theseus was aided by Ariadne, who provided him with a fateful thread to wind his way back again.

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Greek mythology - Maze - Minos - Crete - Daedalus - Minotaur - Bull - Hero - Theseus - Ariadne

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The term labyrinth is often used interchangeably with maze, but a maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage, with choices of path and direction, while a single-path ("unicursal") labyrinth has only a single, Eulerian path to the centre. A labyrinth has an unambiguous through-route to the centre and back and is not designed to be difficult to navigate.

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Puzzle - Eulerian path

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