Theseus and His Victory

A mosaic

from Paphos,

3rd Century

A.D. In the

center, Theseus

strikes at the

fallen Minotaur.

The man reclining

to the left represents

the labyrinth. The

woman at the top

left is Ariadne, who

watches the scene,

while the woman

to the top right

stands for the island

of Crete.