Minotaur Flegetonte ("river of blood"), to continue through the seventh Circle. Minotaur In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (, ; , , Etruscan: "Θevrumineś") is a mythical creature portrayed in Classical times with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull". It dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. The Minotaur was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. The
The Maze (painting) didn’t seem able or interested in untangling the snarl, then I, at least, should do and try everything in my power before giving up." A year after painting "The Maze", Kurelek attempted suicide. Freedom at last from the prison of "The Maze" would come with Kurelek's later conversion to Roman Catholicism; this evolution is depicted in the film "William Kurelek's The Maze". In 1971, he painted "Out of the Maze" which he presented as a gift to Maudsley Hospital. The work depicts Kurelek with his wife and four children saying grace at a picnic near a pond on the prairie.