What is Labyrinth?
[[File:Knossos silver coin 400bc.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Silver]] [[coin]] from [[Knossos]] representing the labyrinth, 400 BC]] [[File:Labyrinth XI.jpg|thumb|200px|labyrinth]] The original '''Labyrinth''' was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary [[Daedalus]] for [[King Minos]] of [[Crete]] at [[Knossos]]. Its function was to hold the [[Minotaur]], which was eventually killed by the hero [[Theseus]]. Daedalus had so cleverly made the Labyrinth that he could barely escape it after he built it. [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny's]] Natural History mentions four ancient labyrinths: the Cretan labyrinth, an Egyptian labyrinth, a Lemnian labyrinth, and an Italian labyrinth. {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:Greek mythology]] [[Category:Buildings and structures]]