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| Ariadne on Panther (Bronze) |
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| 9.5 inches tall |
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Ariadne was the one-time wife of Dionysus and the daughter of King Minos and Queen Pasiphae. By some accounts King Minos was a son of Zeus. The famous Minotaur of the Labyrinth of Crete was born of Pasiphae's relation with a sacred bull. After Ariadne helped the hero Theseus escape the Labyrinth, they escaped together, but soon Theseus abandoned her, some say pregnant, on the island of Naxos. Dionysus found her abandoned on the island and married her there.
There is some evidence from various myths that Ariadne may have died in childbirth, and as an early Minoan Goddess her myth was centered around the joyous and sorrowful aspects of marriage and death, which were mirrored in the annual renewal and decay of vegetation.
High quality hand-painted cold-cast bronze statue. 9.5 inches tall.
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| STA135 |
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