Reading Notes: Metamorphoses (Books 8-10)
(Image Information: Minotaur in the Labyrinth, Wikipedia ) BIBLIOGRAPHY: Ovid's Metamorphoses Translated By Tony Kline The Minotaur, Theseus, and Ariadne King Minos's wife gives birth to the Minotaur, a creature half-man and half-bull. Minos hires Daedalus to build the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur in. Daedalus was a genius architect. Only he could create the Labyrinth, which had paths that could change and created endless combinations to hold its captives. The maze was as alive as a river, if not more. Daedalus himself almost could not find the exit as he was creating it. Minos was trapped in there, fed twice a year with human sacrifice. Theseus slew him with the help of Princess Ariadne and her thread. Daedalus, a prisoner on the island of Crete, came up with an escape plan. He built wings for himself and his son, Icarus. The wings were fragile creations weakened even more by the careless fingers of the child. They flew...