The garden maze has made numerous appearances in a plethora of Regency novels. Often it is the setting for a clandestine romantic tryst or sometimes it is the secret meeting place for the villain and his or her henchman. But regardless of its use, the Regency garden maze was the end of a long tradition of mazes and labyrinths dating back to that very first one, at the
Palace of Knossos, designed by
Daedalus, in which
Theseus vanquished the
Minotaur.
A brief tracing of the path of the labyrinth and the maze from
Crete to the English Regency pleasure garden ...
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Posted on 01/29/10 at 07:29:00 by
Kathryn Kane
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Entertainments
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For anyone who might be interested, the ball of thread which Ariadne gave Theseus is the origin of the word "clue" in the English language. "Clew" in both England and Scotland meant a ball of yarn or thread during the Middle Ages. The word still has the same meaning in parts of Scotland to this day. Over time, the spelling of the word changed to "clue" when it was used with the meaning of a hint or key to the solution of a problem.
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