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Ariadne

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The story

Ariadne, daughter of King Minos, helped Theseus escape the Minotaur's labyrinth, only to be abandoned by him on the island of Naxos. There the god Dionysus found and married her, and later set her jeweled crown in the sky as the constellation Corona Borealis.

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Object details

Title: Ariadne
Artist: William Etty
Date: undated
Culture: British
Medium: Oil on board
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Private collection (sold at Christie's)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0618
Original image: 1997 × 1363 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

William Etty. Ariadne. undated. Private collection (sold at Christie's). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0618/