Labyrinth

 In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (Greek: Laburinthos, Labyrinthos)[aIt was a complex, confusing structure designed and constructed by the mythical artificer Daedalus to serve King Minos of Crete at Knossos. It was built to accommodate the Minotaur which was ultimately destroyed by Theseus. Daedalus had designed the Labyrinth so cleverly that it was almost impossible for him to escape. However, the single-path (unicursal) seven-course "Classical" layout with no dead ends and branching was a common occurrence in the Labyrinth from 430 BC. Similar non-branching patterns were frequently used for visual representations. The visual representations of the mythological Labyrinth that date back to Roman times to the Renaissance, are almost always unicursal. Branching mazes were reintroduced only when hedge mazes became popular in the Renaissance.