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"Jeune fille endormie: Ariane (Ariadne)", (see detail)
c. 100-200 A.D., marble
from the Roman Imperial period, variant of the celebrated "Sleeping
Ariadne" in the Vatican Museum - Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
Comment: Ariadne (Ariane), daughter of King Minos of Crete, helped
Theseus to kill the monster Minotaur and to be able to
escape. Theseus abandoned Ariadne while she was asleep on the shore
of the island Naxos (Dia) from where she was rescued by Bacchus who
espoused her.
Note: for more illustrations seek under the terms Ariadne and
Bacchus or Dyonisus.
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