The Mysterious Case of Ariadne: The Minoan Princess Who Disappeared | Ancient Greek Mythology

What happened to Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos, after helping Theseus to escape the Labyrinth of the Minotaur and leaving Crete? The accounts of ancient authors tell different stories – sometimes she dies, sometimes she gets married to Dionysos, sometimes she gets turned into a Goddess or even a constellation of stars. We will explore several versions in this video together to get a clearer picture of Ariadne's mysterious case. I hope you enjoy it! Check out my other videos through my playlists: Fantasy & Science Fiction:    • Fantasy & Science Fiction Literature   Gothic & Romantic Literature:    • Gothic & Romantic Literature   Literary Theory:    • Literary Theory   Japanese Literature:    • Japanese Literature   About this channel I am Laura, a PhD student of Comparative Literature in Germany researching hermeneutics and aesthetics. I make videos on Gothic Literature, the origins of modern fantasy and sci-fi stories and literary theory. Sources Music by Epidemic Sound: Narrow Escape by Dream Cave: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/B... Unforeseen by Clarence Reed: https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/p... Pictures and videos taken myself show the following: Marble two-sided herm with notches for inserting false arms. Represented is youthful Dionysos, wreathed with ivy and wearing a mitre, together with Ariadne. (Museum of the Archaeological Site of Eleutherna) Marble Head and Torso of a Minotaur (second half of 1st century AD) Vatican, Museo Pio Clementino 461((Museum of the Archaeological Site of Eleutherna) Several videos of Knossos Palace Quotes: Homer, Odyssey 11. 320 ff Hesiod, Theogony 947 ff Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library Epitome E1.8-1.10 Hyginus, Fabula 43; 224 Diodorus Siculus V 51.3-4 Pausanias, Description of Greece, I.20.3; X.29.4 Ovid, Fasti 3. 459 ff Nonnus, Dionysiaca 47. 265 ff and 48. 530 ff Plutarch, Life of Theseus 20.1 Paintings: heseus Abandoning Ariadne on a Red-Figure Vase (5th century BCE) Pompeian frescoes depicting Ariadne and Dionysos (1st century BCE to 1st century CE) Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne (1522-1523) Jacopo Tintoretto, Bacchus, Venus, and Ariadne (1576-1577) Annibale Carracci, The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne (1597-1602) Angelica Kauffman,Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus (1774) John William Waterhouse, The Lament of Ariadne (1888) (Thumbnail Picture) #greekmythology #ancientgreek #ancientmysteries #ancientmythology #mythology #myth #goth #gothic #gothgirl #thegothicbookshelf #booktube #minotaur #theseus