Talk:Ariadne

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The Romans called her Libera What's the connection with Ariadne? It would have to be through a Roman connection of Libera and Bacchus? Not all Greek myth has a Roman counterpart. Wetman 18:55, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I removed this here: "According to some scholars there were two Ariadnes, the first was the wife of Dionysus who was slain by Perseus, and later recovered by the god from Hades, while the second, who lived two generations later was the love of Theseus. Little evidence exists for this however." Mythic time does not divide so securely. However, if a Greek mythographer suggests that there were two Ariadnes, that's worth explaining in the article. --Wetman 01:19, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Ah, this makes sense. The two generations are probably a construct of Apollodorus, and the article reads like a copyvio from Robert Graves; hence the etymology. Septentrionalis 23:26, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Not in Graves; which suggests it is spurious, or at least modern. Septentrionalis 18:28, 4 May 2006 (UTC)