While Renaissance artists frequently depict Ariadne bewailing her abandonment by Theseus on the island of Naxos, Giorgio de Chirico shows the princess fast asleep, just before Bacchus wings in on his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From epic journeys to powerful characters, Greek mythology has fascinated audiences and readers for centuries. With ancient ...

Jennifer Saint’s enchanting debut, Ariadne, retells the myth of the Minotaur through the eyes of Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete. When Theseus, prince of Athens, is sent as part of that ...

This image is from the official website of author Jennifer Saint. “Ariadne” by Jennifer Saint is, at first, a retelling of the Greek myth of Theseus, but it doesn’t stay that way for long. Saint has ...

Ostensibly, the story of Ariadne auf Naxos would appear to pick up exactly where Harrison Birtwistle’s The Minotaur left off. Strauss’ opera, his third Hofmannsthal collaboration, is infinitely more ...