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labyrinth
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The Mark of Athena
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A few years ago, Percy and she had gone on a quest in Daedalus's labyrinth—a secret network of tunnels and rooms, heavily enchanted and trapped, which ran under all the cities of America.†
p. 408.1
When Daedalus died in the Battle of the Labyrinth, the entire maze had collapsed—or so Annabeth believed.†
p. 408.2
What if this was an older version of the labyrinth?†
p. 408.3
Maybe the labyrinth could regenerate, like monsters.†
p. 408.4
If this was part of the labyrinth ... Annabeth decided not to dwell on that, but she also decided not to assume her directions were accurate.†
p. 408.5
The labyrinth made distance meaningless.†
p. 408.6
She had no way of knowing if this room was older than the shrine of Mithras, or if—like the labyrinth—the rooms were a hodgepodge from many eras thrown randomly together.†
p. 421.9
He remembered how many times he'd almost died in the labyrinth a few years ago.
p. 506.1 *

labyrinth = a complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost

Definitions:

(1) (labyrinth)
a maze (a complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost)

or (figuratively): anything so complicated that it is extremely confusing

The word "labyrinth" comes from the name of the maze of passages where, in Greek mythology, Theseus had to escape from the Minotaur.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, labyrinth can refer to a complex anatomical system of interconnecting cavities -- especially the inner ear