A-Maze-Ing Minotaur

A-Maze-Ing Minotaur
Title A-Maze-Ing Minotaur PDF eBook
Author Juliet Rix
Publisher Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pages 32
Release 2015-06-01
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 9781847806543

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King Minos keeps a strange and dangerous beast in the maze of narrow corridors beneath his castle, known as the Labyrinth. This is the dreaded Minotaur who, every nine years is fed a horrible meal of seven young men and seven young girls from Athens, sent down to the Labyrinth to their deaths. Once inside the Labyrinth no one is ever able to find their way out… Theseus, prince of Athens, vows to kill the Minotaur, and he willingly sails to Crete with the other young Athenians destined to sate the beast’s horrible hunger. Helped by the king’s daughter, Ariadne, who has fallen in love with him, Theseus enters the Labyrinth, armed with his sword and a ball of golden thread. “Unravel it as you go into the maze and you will be able to find your way out” Ariadne tells the young man. Will Theseus kill the Minotaur? Will he be able to get out of the maze? Follow Theseus on his quest, through the Labyrinth, and see if YOU can spot where the Minotaur is lurking, and if you can follow the thread and help Theseus escape?

The Amazing Book of Mazes

The Amazing Book of Mazes
Title The Amazing Book of Mazes PDF eBook
Author Adrian Fisher
Publisher Harry N. Abrams
Pages 264
Release 2006-11-01
Genre Games & Activities
ISBN 9780810943117

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Looks at the history, theory, and design of mazes, including hedge mazes, panel mazes, mirror mazes, turf mazes, and panel mazes.

Follow This Thread

Follow This Thread
Title Follow This Thread PDF eBook
Author Henry Eliot
Publisher Crown
Pages 247
Release 2019-03-05
Genre Reference
ISBN 1984824457

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Beautifully designed and gorgeously illustrated, this immersive, puzzle-like exploration of the history and psychology of mazes and labyrinths evokes the spirit of Choose Your Own Adventure, the textual inventiveness of Tom Stoppard, and the philosophical spirit of Jorge Luis Borges. Labyrinths are as old as humanity, the proving grounds of heroes, the paths of pilgrims, symbols of spiritual rebirth and pleasure gardens for pure entertainment. Henry Eliot leads us on a twisting journey through the world of mazes, real and imagined, unraveling our ancient, abiding relationship with them and exploring why they continue to fascinate us, from Kafka to Kubrick to the myth of the Minotaur and a quest to solve the disappearance of the legendary Maze King. Are you ready to step inside?

Athena the Proud

Athena the Proud
Title Athena the Proud PDF eBook
Author Joan Holub
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 240
Release 2014-04-29
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1442488220

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Athena wants to upgrade a labyrinth for King Minos, but her approach causes problems in this Goddess Girls adventure. Athena’s arrogance gets the best of her when her attempts to improve King Minos’s labyrinth have unexpected—and disastrous—results!

Theseus and the Minotaur

Theseus and the Minotaur
Title Theseus and the Minotaur PDF eBook
Author Yvan Pommaux
Publisher A TOON Graphic
Pages 56
Release 2014
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1935179616

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Presents the story of Theseus and his battle against the Minotaur as a graphic novel.

The Minotaur Maze

The Minotaur Maze
Title The Minotaur Maze PDF eBook
Author Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Publisher Stone Arch Books
Pages 81
Release 2019
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1496582896

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It's the assistant librarian's birthday! When the Nightingale Library pages surprise him, the shock is theirs-a Minotaur has turned the Library into a deadly labyrinth! Apollo, Perseus, Theseus, and Ariadne have entered the Library to help out. Can these Greek gods and goddesses help the kids find their way out of this maze?

The Maze Maker

The Maze Maker
Title The Maze Maker PDF eBook
Author Michael Ayrton
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 323
Release 2015-11-04
Genre Fiction
ISBN 022604243X

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“I address you across more than three thousand years, you who live at the conjunction of the Fish and the Water-carrier,” speaks Daedalus, an artisan, inventor, and designer born into an utterly alien family of heroes who value acts of war above all else, a world where his fellow Greeks seem driven only to destroy—an existence he feels compelled to escape. In this fictional autobiography of the father of Icarus, “Apollo’s creature,” a brilliant but flawed man, writer and sculptor Michael Ayrton harnesses the tales of the past to mold a myth for our times. We learn of Daedalus’s increasingly ambitious artifacts and inventions; his fascination with Minoan culture, commerce, and religion, and his efforts to adapt to them; how he comes to design the maze of the horned Minotaur; and how, when he decides that he must flee yet again, he builds two sets of wax wings—wings that will be instruments of his descent into the underworld, a place of both purgatory and rebirth. A compelling mix of history, fable, lore, and meditations on the enigma of art, The Maze Maker will ensnare classicists, artists, and all lovers of story in its convolutions of life and legend. “I never understood the pattern of my life,” writes Daedalus, “so that I have blundered through it in a maze.”