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Dionysus and Ariadne

Dionysus and Ariadne, 2nd – 3rd century AD, from Samandağ. From the Enc. Britt.: in Greek mythology, daughter of Pasiphae and the Cretan king Minos. She fell in love with the Athenian hero Theseus and, with a thread or glittering jewels, helped him escape the Labyrinth after he slew the Minotaur, a beast half bull and half man that Minos kept in the Labyrinth. Here the legends diverge: she was abandoned by Theseus and hanged herself; Theseus carried her to Naxos and left her there to die or to marry the god Dionysus; or she died in childbirth on Cyprus.
Ancient Greek poets and artists liked to portray Ariadne asleep on the shore of Naxos while Dionysus gazes at her with love and admiration. Ariadne's story was later taken up by European artists, writers, and composers, including Richard Strauss in his opera Ariadne auf Naxos (1912; Ariadne on Naxos).
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Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
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Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
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Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
Antakya mosaic Dionysos and Ariadne
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