Ariadne
mythological figure · 7 works · 7 mentions · 7 anchored passages
brown-haired Ariadne · fair Ariadne · lovely Ariadne · the maid
in the texts
Letters
Mythic figure whose thread guided Theseus, used as simile for tracing bad handwriting.
And since the sequence nowhere appeared, I had to run back again and search out the order, retracing my steps and following along the furrow, as they say Theseus followed the thread of Ariadne.
Theogony
Daughter of Minos, wife of Dionysus, made deathless and unaging by Zeus.
And golden-haired Dionysus made brown-haired Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, his buxom wife:
Iliad
Mythic figure for whom Daedalus is said to have built a dancing-floor at Knossos, invoked in the shield's imagery.
Furthermore he wrought a green, like that which Daedalus once made in Knossos for lovely Ariadne.
Odyssey
Daughter of Minos, carried off from Crete toward Athens by Theseus, killed by Artemis on the island of Dia.
"Then I saw Phaedra, and Procris, and fair Ariadne daughter of the magician Minos, whom Theseus was carrying off from Crete to Athens, but he did not enjoy her, for before he could do so Artemis killed her in the island of Dia on account of what Bacchus had said against her.
Chrestomathy
Figure paired with Theseus in one of Nestor's digressive tales.
and the story of Oedipus, and the madness of Heracles, and the story of Theseus and Ariadne.
De Corona
Mythological figure given a golden, gem-studded wreath by Vulcan and later associated with Bacchus.
The same gives to Priapus too his fillets, and to Ariadne a wreath of gold and Indic gems, the gift of Vulcan and afterward of Bacchus, and later Callimachus brought in a star, a vine for Juno.
Symposium
Mythic bride performed by an entertainer in the banquet's final erotic scene.
Gentlemen, Ariadne will now enter the chamber set apart for her and Dionysus;
Her demeanour was all modesty, and yet she returned his embrace with affection.
Then, to start proceedings, in came Ariadne, apparelled as a bride, and took her seat in the chair.