The Sleeping Ariadne (long misidentified as Cleopatra)
Detail of a Roman copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the 2nd century BC. Vatican Museums
(Source: chasingtailfeathers)
Marie Wilhoite, Theseus Deserts Ariadne (source: The Pictorial Arts)
Sarcophagus with Dionysus and Ariadne, Roman Imperial (190-200), made of Proconnesian marble.
Currently located at the Walters Art Museum, USA.
Jens Lausen, Map No. III Ariadne’s Thread
Ariadne Deserted by Theseus, Herbert James Draper
Bob Thompson, Triumph of Bacchus, 1964.
Bacchus was a god, after all, so in the end it turns out Ariadne was lucky Theseus had left her.
Elaine Reichek, There’s No Need, 2011. Hand embroidery on linen, 46 x 45 in. (116.8 x 114.3 cm). © Elaine Reichek; collection of the artist; courtesy Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York and Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
In short, the Ariadne-aspect of your soul is more important than ever.
Theseus, about to enter the Labyrinth, holds Ariadne’s thread in his hand. 4503: France, debut de XIXe siècle: Ariane et Thésée. Musée des beaux arts, Rouen.
You rescued me from my own labyrinth. And we know what happened later …
