The Minotaur in House of Leaves the Minotaur, or die trying. Customarily, these fourteen people were displayed to Minos before their departure to Knossos. Minos' daughter, Ariadne, who was also present was enchanted by Theseus and helped him by asking Daedalus to reveal the way around the maze. She handed him a sword and a spool of thread to make his way back. Thesus succeeded in his attempt to kill the Minotaur and returned victorious. On page 111 of the 2000 American novel "House of Leaves", the Minotaur is spoken of fondly by Zampano and almost deliberately the whole passage has been struck. He talks about
The Global Minotaur taking advantage of its position in the age of the Global Minotaur to build up colossal amounts of private money on the back of its profits in a process of 'financialisation', which then collapsed as it became unsustainable. Crucially, the crash caused the Global Minotaur to be wounded as America's banking sector was no longer able to attract sufficient capital to balance the USA's twin trade and budget deficits. With the newfound lack of a global surplus recycling mechanism Varoufakis considers possible future alternatives in a postscript published in the 2015 second edition of the book. He considers the possibility