Eventually, back in Athens, a young adolescent called Theseus , killed the Marathonian Bull that had caused all the trouble. After successfully killing the Bull, Theseus revealed himself to be the long-lost son of King Aegeus, king of Athens. Theseus then volunteered to be one of the tributes for that year. He wanted to save Athens from the gruesome yearly tribute and to do this, he had to kill the Minotaur. And so, he set sail. The story goes that when Theseus and Ariadne laid eyes on one another, they fell in love.
Therefore, Ariadne began to devise a plan to save him. Before Theseus entered the labyrinth, Ariadne visited him secretly. She gave him a ball of thread and told him to tie the end to the door of the labyrinth and unravel the ball of string as he traveled deeper inside. That way, once he had killed the Minotaur, he would be able to find his way back out. Theseus, appreciative of the gift and advice, vowed that he would marry Ariadne if he was successful.
Some versions say that Ariadne asked Theseus to marry her if he came out alive, because she would be an outcast for helping him, and so would need his protection through marriage. And so, their illicit love began. After Theseus defeated the Minotaur, he followed the advice of Ariadne, and used the string to guide himself and the other tributes back out of the maze. Theseus in elation at their victory promised again to marry Ariadne and take her home to Athens.
Ariadne was delighted and relieved at this proposition because she had conspired against her father by helping Theseus and so needed to escape his impending wrath. Here is where the myth becomes extensively ambiguous. An important thing to note is that myths are defined by their malleability. Versions upon versions have been created by storytellers.
Some storytellers attempt to ameliorate, others expose the foul. In one early version, Homer, in the Odyssey , writes that when Ariadne and the crew of the ship landed at Naxos, she was killed by the goddess Artemis. This is a similar ending to the Atalanta myth that also includes a brief allusion to a happy ending before an angry god condemns the lovers. Perhaps this variation of the tale attempts to have a bittersweet ending that ends with a traditional tragic godly intervention. Another version, mainly recorded by Diodorus claims that upon reaching Naxos, Theseus was forced by the wine-god Dionysus to abandon Ariadne because the god wanted Ariadne to be his wife.
This version brings out the tragic theme again, but this time because the lovers are separated. Although Ariadne was turned into a goddess and immortalized in a constellation as part of her marriage to the god Dionysus, it is saddening that her romance with Theseus was torn apart so abruptly by the selfish pursuit of a god. This is the story of the wedding celebrations of Ariadne and Dionysus.
The story starts with Ariadne waiting for Dionysus to show up at their wedding banquet. Then when he arrives at the celebration, the party starts. During the party the guests overhear Dionysus asking Ariadne if she loves him and she says yes.
Then Dionysus and Ariadne leave to go to their bridal couch and everyone else leaves as well. Those that were not married go to find wives and those that are married hurry home to their wives. Ovid wrote this letter from the point of view of Ariadne, in which she describes vividly to Theseus the torture through which he has put her. The house yielding nothing, Ariadne rushes outside, eagerly scanning the shore for any sight of him, her fear mounting with every passing moment as her still sleepy eyes fail to discern any trace of Theseus.
The main pattern throughout the myths was the love Ariadne had for both Theseus and Dionysus. When Theseus left her, that love turned to anger. Leading Ariadne to have violent words against Theseus:. Another pattern is the joyful and relaxed feeling during and after the wedding of Ariadne and Dionysus Xenophon, Works on Socrates Symposium 9. As stated before the unifying factor in these myths is love. The love Ariadne felt for Theseus drove her to aid him in escaping the Labyrinth, despite the fact that her own father had imprisoned him there and he would have to kill her half-brother to leave.
Of the above myths, all those that tell or give reference to the story of Theseus and the Labyrinth agree on what occurred. The famous "thread" is mentioned by both Catullus line and Ovid end of "Ariadne to Theseus" , whose accounts agree that it was given to Theseus by Ariadne so he could find his way.
In conclusion, these myths about Ariadne and Theseus place love at the heart of the story.
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