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Ariadne (1898) is an oil painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite painter John William Waterhouse. ;'Whan Adryane his wif aslepe was;For that hire syster fayrer was than she,;He taketh hire in his hond and forth goth he;To shipe, and as a traytour stal his wey,;Whil that this Adryane aslepe lay.';Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400), 'The Legend of Good Women';Each year, as payment for the slaughter of Minos' son, the Athenians offered a tribute of youths and maidens to the monstrous Minotaur that dwelt in the Cretan labyrinth. Designed by Dedalus, the labyrinth was built of such complexity that nobody had ever escaped from its confines. Ariadne's father, Minos, the King of Crete, selected Theseus as part of the offering, but on his arrival at the island Ariadne fell in love with him and, loath to see him die, secretly gave him a spool of thread by which he could trace his way from the maze. Theseus slew the Minotaur and fled from Crete, carrying Ariadne away as his wife, but when they arrived at the island of Naxos the Olympic gods shrouded his mind with forgetfulness and he deserted her while she lay asleep.
John William Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse
Oil
Oil