Ariadne

Reading notes

• The Loves §1.7 the Cretan girl

  Ariadne, abandoned by Theseus on Naxos, weeping for his broken vows; the 'Cressa' (Cretan woman).

• The Art of Love §1.15 Minos' daughter

  Ariadne, daughter of Minos, who fled Crete with Theseus and was abandoned on Dia.

• The Heroides §2 the deserted Cretan girl

  Ariadne, daughter of Minos, whom Theseus abandoned on Naxos; Demophoon imitates only this one shameful deed of his father.

• The Heroides §4 my sister

  Ariadne, Phaedra's sister, who gave Theseus the thread and was deserted by him.

• The Heroides §6 the wife of Bacchus

  Ariadne, whom Bacchus wed; her bridal crown became the constellation Corona Borealis.

• The Heroides §10 She whom you left

  Ariadne, daughter of Minos, who gave Theseus the thread out of the labyrinth and fled Crete with him, only to be abandoned asleep on a desert island. The speaker.

• The Heroides §15 the Cnosian girl

  Ariadne of Cnossos, loved by Bacchus; like Daphne, no poet, yet loved.

• The Heroides §16 the daughter of Minos

  Ariadne, carried off by Theseus, though Minos raised no Cretan army.

• The Heroides §17 the Minoan maiden

  Ariadne, daughter of Minos, abandoned by Theseus; another witness to faithless guests.

• Metamorphoses §8.197 daughter of Minos

  Ariadne, who gave Theseus the guiding thread and was then abandoned on Dia.