Labyrinth Labyrinth In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth ( "labúrinthos") was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the hero Theseus. Daedalus had so cunningly made the Labyrinth that he could barely escape it after he built it. Although early Cretan coins occasionally exhibit branching (multicursal) patterns, the single-path (unicursal) seven-course "Classical" design without branching or dead ends became associated with the Labyrinth on coins as early as 430 BC, and similar non-branching patterns became widely used as
HMS Daedalus (1780) and the privateer "Légère" on 11 December 1782. Pringle escorted a convoy to Newfoundland during the year, and in 1783 was engaged in patrolling the Shetland fisheries. The "Daedalus" was paid off in July 1784, and in 1790 underwent a Great Repair at Rotherhithe, that lasted until 1793. Captain Charles Henry Knowles recommissioned the "Daedalus" in March 1793, and sailed her to the Halifax station. Knowles was replaced by Captain Thomas Williams in September 1794, during which time "Daedalus" was part of Admiral Adam Duncan's fleet. In September 1795, Captain George Countess took over, and "Daedalus" sailed to the West