Los oothixo bamaGrike Lusapho olukhulu kwaye ngenxa yoko amabali amaninzi alukiwe phakathi kwamalungu alo. Masithi njengalo naluphina usapho kukho yonke into, umlo, ubuqhetseba, ubutshaba, ukuthandana, ukungqubana, ubukhwele kunye nalo lonke uluvo lweemvakalelo zabantu ngesabelo sobuthixo namandla.
Namhlanje kukujika kwabafazi ababini abasuka kwiintsomi zamaGrike: Ariadna kunye Iris. UAriadna wayengunyana kaMinos noPasiphae. Nguye othandana noLesus ekufikeni kwakhe eKrete ukungena kwi-labyrinth kwaye abulale iMinotaur kwaye nguye onika igama kwibinzana elidumileyo «umsonto we-ariadna«, Ngokunika u-Theseus i-skein yomtya ukuze abeke uphawu kwi-labyrinth kwaye enze kube lula kuye ukuba ahambe. U-Theseus umthatha naye emva kokubulala iMinotaur kodwa wamshiya kwisiqithi saseNaxos (uyamshiya, uyamlibala, ngubani owaziyo), kwaye ke apho uDionysus uyamfumana, ngubani ekugqibeleni owamtshatayo kwaye wamnika abantwana.
Ngokwakhe, u-Iris ngulo uthixokazi womnyama, Umama kaEros. Kuthiwa wayeyintombi yeTitan kunye ne-Electra, i-nymph yolwandle, kwaye wayecingelwa ukuba ngumthunywa woothixo, othembekile kuZeus kwaye oboniswe kakhulu ukuhambisa imiyalezo eyimfihlo phakathi koothixo.