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When you have assembled a sentence, you press a “talk”

button to get a reaction from Ariadne. The following are

some of the things you might say, together with Ariadne’s

reactions, which are delivered sweetly even when they are

sarcastic.

You:
“I am a hero.”

ARIADNE:

Good for you!

You:
“I want a gem (or sword, or rock, or lyre).”

ARIADNE:

Too bad.

You:
“I want a kiss.”

ARIADNE:

I beg your pardon.

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You:
“Please give me a kiss.”

ARIADNE:

Maybe later. I’ll have to think about it.

You:
“I will force you to help me.”

ARIADNE:

That’s no way to talk to a princess.

You:
“I need help.”

ARIADNE:

What’s the magic word?

You:
“Please.”

ARIADNE:

I worship God the Mother, who respects life, not

violence. So I’ll help you avoid a gruesome fate.

Here, take this ball of thread.

She holds out the clew to you. You hand on it and it pings

into your inventory

ARIADNE:

It may serve you in the Labyrinth, where the

hideous Minotaur lurks. But you may still be

able to escape—I’ve unlocked the door. After that

you’re on your own. As we say here on Crete,

may the sun be at your back and the wind under

your wings.

Ariadne disappears. You walk to the door at the end of the

garden, open it, and exit. On your subsequent visits to this

scene, you simply pass through an empty garden without

encountering anybody.

Fire

MINOAN INTERIOR WITH TORCHES. The palace of

Knossos (NOSS-us) burned down a number of times. Open

flames, resinous wood, and an abundance of oil storage

jars make for a volatile combination in earthquake country.

The final conflagration, however, was caused neither by

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an earthquake nor the volcanic eruption of a neighboring

isle. Though its source remains a mystery, it left a profound

impression on the people of Knossos. The site was

abandoned, as if haunted.

As you enter this scene the door swings inward and knocks

over the first of a series of tall stanchions holding torches.

You witness the result of a chain reaction in which the last

stanchion has fallen against the door at the far end of the

room and set it on fire.

You remember the fountain from Ariadne’s garden (page 127)

and the two vases which you acquired in the Throne room

(page 126). Either in this scene or in the garden, you select a vase

in your inventory and click it on yourself or on the founatin.

This triggers an animation in which you rush to the fountain,

dip the vase into the water to fill it, and race back to the fire.

Of the two vases in your inventory, one leaks, and as you

approach the fire the water spurts out. You tip it futilely over

the flames and then smash it in frustration. You select the

second vase in your inventory. This time when you fill it at

the fountain and return, you are able to douse the flames.

Only a glowing ember remains on the floor. If you click on it

to pick it up, you toss it from hand to hand like a hot potato.

Eventually it pings into your inventory.

Corridor

MINOAN HALLWAY. For all the imposing beauty of its

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public spaces and mere passageways, there was no getting

around the fact that somewhere in the labyrinthine (lab-ih-

RIN-thin) depths of the palace of Knossos (NOSS-us) lurked the

Minotaur (MIN-uh-tawr).

Dione

MINOAN BEDROOM. You come upon a woman of noble

bearing.

DIONE:

Who are you? I get so few visitors here.

She walks slowly to the window.

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DIONE:

(continues)

My days are lonely and bitter, waiting for my

long-lost son to appear.

If you give her the tiara that you acquired in the Princess’s

Room (page 43):

DIONE:

Can it be? My own true child, come to take me

home!

(sighing)

But no—that day won’t come. Not ‘til you defeat

the monster of the Labyrinth—the Minotaur. I

shudder at the very name. Until then, farewell

and godspeed, my son. I know you must go now.

Wings

MINOAN TERRACE. You find yourself on a rooftop terrace.

This is your chance to escape Knossos (NOSS-us), inspired

by the achievement of Daedalus (DEED-uh-lus), who made

wings of feathers and wax so that he and his son could fly to

freedom (page 122).

In your inventory, select the shafts from the Axes scene (page

118) in order to make a framework, and add the feathers from

the parrot at the Well (page 118). You’ll need beeswax from the

Bees scene (page 49) or from the candle in the workshop of

Daedalus (page 120) to attach the feathers. But you’ll find that

they don’t stick unless you soften the wax with the ember

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from the Fire scene (page 129). You pile these items on the

ground and then click on them to assemble them into wings,

which ping into your inventory upon completion. Select

them in your inventory and click them on yourself, and you

climb up onto the terrace wall, don the wings, and fly away

over the mountains and through the clouds until you land

on Beach 1 (page 51).

Atlas

GRASSY LANDSCAPE. This meadow is located near the

Hesperides Chariot Stop (page 114) and leads to the Atlas and

Pegasus scenes (below).

Meadow

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EDGE OF THE WORLD. Atlas was a Titan (TYE-tun), which

is to say a member of the first generation of deities, born of

the goddess Earth. One of his brothers was Cronus (KROHnus),

father of Zeus (ZOOS). Atlas made the mistake of siding

with Cronus in a war against Zeus. In punishment, he was

compelled to support the weight of the heavens by means of

a pillar on his shoulders. When Heracles (HUR-a-kleez; Roman

name:
Hercules) was questing after the Golden Apples of the

Hesperides (hes-PER-i-deez), he was advised to seek the aid

of Atlas. The Titan was only too happy to oblige, since it

meant being relieved of his burden. He told the hero to hold

the pillar while he went into the garden of the Hesperides

to retrieve the apples. But first Heracles would have to do

something about the many-tongued dragon which guarded

them. This was swiftly accomplished. Then Heracles took the

pillar while Atlas went to get the apples. He was successful

and returned quickly enough, but in the meantime he had

realized how pleasant it was not to have to strain for eternity

keeping heaven and earth apart. So he told Heracles that

he’d have to fill in for him for an indeterminate length of

time. And the hero feigned agreement to this proposal. But

he said that he needed a cushion for his shoulder, and he

wondered if Atlas would mind taking back the pillar just

long enough for him to fetch one. The Titan graciously

obliged, and Hercules strolled off, omitting to return.

You find Atlas, kneeling on top of a mountain with a huge

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