Ariadne (poem) Theseus recognises that Aegle was his one true love. Approaching Phalerum he forgets to raise the signal white sail, Aegeus commits suicide, and the hero's homecoming is joyless. The poem is in 'open' heroic couplets, with many run-on lines, the underlying iambic pentameter being varied by counterpoint and occasional trochaic lines. Other devices include a varying caesura and occasional hexameters and terminal triplets. Aegeus in Book I:– "Ariadne" was published by the Cambridge University Press and by the Macmillan Company, New York, in November 1932, in a limited edition of 500 copies. The Theseus and Minotaur device on the upper
The Minotaur in House of Leaves fears and perception. In keeping with that, Navidson's Minotaur is Delial. The dying Sudanese girl is his daunting memory and consumes Navidson when he is in the dark and fearful hallways. The Minotaur is, without question, a very personal outset because there is no physical existence of a monster in the house. The labyrinth is also a recurring theme in the story pertaining to the labyrinth in the house and the Minotaur's labyrinth. Click here to watch a short video on the myth of the Minotaur. The Minotaur in House of Leaves The Minotaur or Minotauros was the son born