The woman at the far left—Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete—holds a ball of twine, embodying the female element of Theseus.

Theseus himself is portrayed as a 16th-century knight, toward the middle of the image.

The labyrinth is a symbol of the inner journey of the hero into his own unconscious.

Master of the Campana Cassoni, Theseus and the Minotaur, 1510-20.