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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Liddell Scott's earliest citations are in Herodotus and Plato (a metaphorical usage). Its earliest citation for the Cretan labyrinth is in Callimachus. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=labu%2Frinqos&la=greek&can=labu%2Frinqos0#lexicon On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Richard Legault <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > I’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 *Metamorphose*s. 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 > ********************************************************************** 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-religion ********************************************************************** 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-religion