THE MINOTAUR

[Photo: Theseus and the Minotaur. Part of a set of sculptures at the Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia]

Theseus and the Minotaur. In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, "part man and part bull". He dwelt at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. The Minotaur was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. (Wikipaedia)

The Archibald Fountain. Properly called the J.F. Archibald Memorial Fountain, it is widely regarded as the finest public fountain in Australia, is located in Hyde Park, in central Sydney, New South Wales. It is named after J.F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin magazine, who bequeathed funds to have it built. Archibald specified that it must be designed by a French artist, both because of his great love of French culture and to commemorate the association of Australia and France in World War I.

Theseus and the Minotaur in the Archibald Fountain symbolize the triumph of the human spirit over bestiality. Theseus delivers his country from the ransom which it had to pay to this monster. By doing this he put his life on line for the good of humanity. (Wikipaedia)

Scripture passages as Food for the Soul-

• No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends (Jn 15:13).
• For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. (Jn 3:16-17)
•  Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mt 20:28).
• But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us (Rom 5:8).