Along with Ariadne's development, Saint also awards her audience with the secondary strong female role of Ariadne's sister, Phaedra. Throughout the narrative, we watch Ariadne grow into a strong and independent woman, the perfect bride for the powerful God of Wine & Ecstasy, Dionysus. THE UTTER HATRED WE ALL HAVE TOWARDS THESEUS FOR DOING THIS TO OUR PRINCESS!!!

That is, until he leaves her stranded on the island of Naxos to fend for herself in the hope she dies. Ariadne flees with Theseus from Crete to start a new life with him on mainland Greece, boarding his ship with love in her heart and confidence in her future with this gorgeous hero. Ariadne puts herself at risk of societal and familial banishment by aiding Theseus in his victory to kill her half-brother and thus saving the other Athenians sent as sacrifice. The princess of Crete, Ariadne falls madly in love with Theseus - an Athenian prince - after he arrives on the island to take on the terrifying labyrinth that rumbles beneath the palace of Knossos inside it's dark twists and turns lives the minotaur, ready to devour anyone who steps inside his lair. As a result of a curse sent by the Olympian Poseidon, Pasiphae gives birth to her youngest of five children, a terrifying monster known as the “Minotaur”: a half bull, half man being that feeds on the blood of full-bred humans.Ī feminist retelling of the Theseus & the minotaur myth, 'Ariadne' by Jennifer Saint is exactly the tale we've been waiting for.

It’s king was Minos, a headstrong and brutal leader, ruling the lands with his queen Pasiphae, the daughter of the titan God of the Sun, Helios. Before the time of the Trojan War and Golden Age of Greece, Crete was the centre of the Ancient Greek world.

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