Of Ritual Madness And Ecstasy By Amdhuscias

Of Ritual Madness and Ecstasy by Amdhuscias

Take for joy from the palms of my hands fragments of honey and sunlight, as the bees of Persephone commanded us.

Osip Mandelstam

Giambattista Pittoni: Bacchus and Ariadne, 1720s.

MYTHOLOGY MEME - [2/5] OTPS: ARIADNE/DIONYSUS

He [Theseus] carried off Ariadne [from Krete] and sailed out unobserved during the night, after which he put in at the island which at that time was called Dia, but is now called Naxos. At this same time, the myths relate, Dionysos showed himself on the island, and because of the beauty of Ariadne he took the maiden away from Theseus and kept her as his lawful wife, loving her exceedingly. Indeed, after her death he considered her worthy of immortal honours because of the affection he had for her, and placed among the stars of heaven the Crown of Ariadne [the constellation Corona]. (x)

Bacchus and Ariadne