. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. t is not for your hand to slay. Oh, but bring me my sword, princess, cried Theseus, andhis hands went out to her in supplication. I will bring you your sword, said she. She took up a little lamp and went through a doorway, leav-ing Theseus standing by the low throne in the chamber ofMinos. Then after a little while she came back, bringing withher Theseuss great ivory-hilted sword. It is a great sword, she said; I marked it before becauseit is your sword, Theseus. But even this great sword will notavail against the Minotaur. Show me
. The golden fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles. t is not for your hand to slay. Oh, but bring me my sword, princess, cried Theseus, andhis hands went out to her in supplication. I will bring you your sword, said she. She took up a little lamp and went through a doorway, leav-ing Theseus standing by the low throne in the chamber ofMinos. Then after a little while she came back, bringing withher Theseuss great ivory-hilted sword. It is a great sword, she said; I marked it before becauseit is your sword, Theseus. But even this great sword will notavail against the Minotaur. Show me the way to come to the Minotaur, 0 Ariadne,cried Theseus. He knew that she did not think that he would deem himselfable to strive with the Minotaur, and that when he lookedupon the dread monster he would return to her and then takethe way of his escape. She took his hand and led him from the chamber of was not tall, but she stood straight and walked steadily,and Theseus saw in her something of the strange majesty thathe had seen in Minos the THE HEROES OF THE QUEST 213 They came to high bronze gates that opened into a , said Ariadne, the labyrinth begins. Very deviousis the labyrinth, built by Daedalus, in which the Minotaur ishidden, and without the clue none could find a way throughthe passages. But I will give you the clue so that you maylook upon the Minotaur and then come back to me. Theseus,now I put into your hand the thread that will guide you throughall the windings of the labyrinth. And outside the place wherethe Minotaur is you will find another thread to guide you back. A cone was on the ground and it had a thread fastened to gave Theseus the thread and the cone to wind it thread as he held it and wound it around the cone wouldbring him through all the windings and turnings of the labyrinth. She left him, and Theseus went on. Winding the threadaround the cone he went along a wide passage in the turned and cam
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