Ariadne1.0230_Southall

Ariadne1.0230_Southall

ARTUK.org
Ovid Met. 4.605-11
Ovid Heroides 10
alt URL for Ov. Her. 10 in Loeb
Catullus, 64.50-201

Apollod. Libr. 2.2-4

Joseph Edward Southall, 1861-1944, "Ariadne on Naxos," tempera on hand-woven linen, 1925, Birmingham Museums Trust, Bequeathed by Mrs. A.E. Southall, no. 1948P3.

Ariadne, often depicted by painters as sleeping obliviously as Theseus departs, here watches the departure in some apparent consternation. Is this the bed where she and Theseus have spent the night? The developed palatial setting, with its inlaid tile floor and grape bower, is inconsistent with the attitude of Catullus' classical poem. The poet emphasizes the dishevelment of the abandoned girl standing in the surging waves. The brilliant colors are reminiscent of a Mediterranean seascape; but the attitude of Ariadne is quite novel.

OGCMA entries for Ariadne are not utterly demarcated from usages of "Ariadne" (sola). It would seem that depictions of the Minoid immediately after her abandonment qualifies as "Ariadne" while usages treating her rescue by Dionysos go in as "DionysosAriadne".

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.