medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religionI’m reading up on the Chartres Labyrinth and its reputed association with pagan mythology. Heaven knows there was enough material in circulation and widely read c. 1200 CE for the designers to have known the stories as told by Virgil and Ovid for example. However after a bit of reading-upping, I’m surprised to find that the word ‘Labyrinth’ is nowhere to be found in the Latin of Virgil’s Aeneid nor in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The Iliad in Homer’s Greek does not use it (λαβύρινθος) either. All three tell or allude to some construction built by Daedalus and involve Ariadne, but do not name it.
So my question to the Group is this: exactly where in the classical Latin or Greek texts does the word 'Labyrinth 'first appear?
Richard J Legault