Do you have any idea why that choice rather than any other from the field of possibility of this myth?
So! It took some sleuthing, but it turns out this actually is an existing version of the myth! However, in the version where "[Perseus] shook in his hand the deadly face of Medousa [i.e. the decapitated head of the Gorgon Medusa], and turned armed Ariadne into stone," this implies that Ariadne is involved in an actual battle at Argos, rather than merely Being Present When Shit Goes Down.
Tangentially, the fact that Dionysus takes an immediate dislike to Percy in the Percy Jackson series suddenly makes SO MUCH MORE sense. (I remember the explanation at one point that he hates heroes because of how Theseus abandoned Ariadne, but I don't think there's a reference to Perseus actually killing her?? I feel like I would have remembered if it was??)
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Date: 2022-12-28 08:53 pm (UTC)So! It took some sleuthing, but it turns out this actually is an existing version of the myth! However, in the version where "[Perseus] shook in his hand the deadly face of Medousa [i.e. the decapitated head of the Gorgon Medusa], and turned armed Ariadne into stone," this implies that Ariadne is involved in an actual battle at Argos, rather than merely Being Present When Shit Goes Down.
Tangentially, the fact that Dionysus takes an immediate dislike to Percy in the Percy Jackson series suddenly makes SO MUCH MORE sense. (I remember the explanation at one point that he hates heroes because of how Theseus abandoned Ariadne, but I don't think there's a reference to Perseus actually killing her?? I feel like I would have remembered if it was??)