[997] Θησῆα: διὰ τούτων ἠθικῶς προκαλεῖται τὴν Μήδειαν εἰς τὸ ἀποπλεῦσαι σὺν αὐτῷ, παράδειγμα φέρων τὴν Ἀριάδνην. Schol. For the story of Theseus and Ariadne, daughter of Minos, v. Cat. 64. 50 sqq. According to the legend in Od. 11. 324 sqq. when they reached the island of Dia (Naxos) in their flight from Crete, Ariadne was slain by Artemis. Others say that she was deserted there by Theseus, who acted either faithlessly (Plut. Thes. 20, Ov. Her. 10), or under the compulsion of Dionysus (Diod. 4. 61, Paus. 1. 20). When thus abandoned, Dionysus took her to wife, placed her among the immortals, and set her marriage-crown among the stars; v. 4. 431, Hes. Th. 947, Ov. Met. 8. 175.
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Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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