My last post contained references to Minotaur, Thesues and labyrinth. Just on a trivial note, Theseus used a ball of thread and tied it at the entrance of labyrinth before entering to kill Minotaur, and carried one end inside. It was done to retrace the path out of the labyrinth. Theseus called this piece of thread "clew", and thus the word clue came into being meaning hint or guide to crack something difficult!!
Therto have I a remedie in my thoght,
By a clewe of twyn as he hath gon,
The same weye he may returne a-non,
ffolwynge alwey the thred as he hath come.
-Geoffrey Chaucer
very nice information. Really,I didn't know.
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