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    Theseus enters a labyrinthine castle and finds its sole inhabitant, a gentle half-man half-bull creature named Asterion. Asterion tells Theseus that he was born in this castle and knows nothing else, living a lonely life within its endless halls and passages. Their conversation reveals that Asterion's existence, while lonely, is one of patience and acceptance of his solitary fate within the labyrinth he was born into.

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    Theseus enters a labyrinthine castle and finds its sole inhabitant, a gentle half-man half-bull creature named Asterion. Asterion tells Theseus that he was born in this castle and knows nothing else, living a lonely life within its endless halls and passages. Their conversation reveals that Asterion's existence, while lonely, is one of patience and acceptance of his solitary fate within the labyrinth he was born into.

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    Borges' Short Story "The House of Asterion

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    Theseus enters a labyrinthine castle and finds its sole inhabitant, a gentle half-man half-bull creature named Asterion. Asterion tells Theseus that he was born in this castle and knows nothing else, living a lonely life within its endless halls and passages. Their conversation reveals that Asterion's existence, while lonely, is one of patience and acceptance of his solitary fate within the labyrinth he was born into.

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    “The House of Asterion”

    by Jorge Luis Borges


    from his story collection
    Labyrinths, 1962, p.138-140

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