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“Theseus walked through the maze to the Minotaur's lair, sent there to slay the beast, saving Athens from having to send 7 virgin men& 7 virgin women as an offering every 9 years, when the full moon falls on the equinox.”
Chalky goes to night school and studies the Classics Walter Bjorkman 2011
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He rivals that triumvirate of supreme sculptors, while his art is a modern reaction against them: his Theseus sits on the Minotaur's chest in triumph, deliberately rejecting Michelangelo's portrayal of David in the moment before action.
How I finally warmed to Antonio Canova, rival to Michelangelo 2010
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The majority of today's other tittle-tattle has a thread you can follow like Theseus in the Minotaur's labyrinth.
Football transfer rumours: Barcelona back in for Emmanuel Eboué? 2010
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Hood's red-thread image evokes the sense of a guided journey, perhaps something like the tale of Theseus, who was led safely out of the Minotaur's lair by Ariadne's thread.
Ann Hood's 'The Red Thread,' about Chinese adoption, reviewed by Reeve Lindbergh Reeve Lindbergh 2010
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The Minotaur's name was Ambrose, and he seemed like a really sweet guy.
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No word on whether Michael Steele plans to woo these diverse human-animal populations with a combination of fried-chicken, potato salad, and young men from Athens (reportedly the Minotaur's favorite).
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Theseus strode through the labyrinth to the Minotaur's lair.
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Rape, massacre and the consumption of the Minotaur's half-dead sacrificial victims, the Innocents, by the greedy Keres, vulture-like harpies: all were to follow.
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Rape, massacre and the consumption of the Minotaur's half-dead sacrificial victims, the Innocents, by the greedy Keres, vulture-like harpies: all were to follow.
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But when the squad heads out to chase down the escaped Minotaur, Agent Perkins's body is found mangled at the Minotaur's vault, and Agent Snell dies from contact with the deadly "mispeling vyrus."
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