I had never heard of it before so I was just *record scratch* about it's inclusion in the first place.
No worries! It does sound like it kind of comes out of nowhere in the narrative, too.
I guess it ties into the overall theme of Bad Things Happen To People Who Get Entangled With Gods, since it comes about because of Dionysus' revenge on the city of Argos; I guess it is an interesting choice to initially appear to position Dionysus as Not Like Other Gods - like, maybe Ariadne's relationship with him will be the one time this doesn't go badly for the mortal involved?? - and then go actually, nope!...?
I have to say that I would not necessarily have chosen Ariadne as the pivot of a story about Bad Things Happening to People Who Get Entangled with Gods, as opposed to Bad Things Happening to People Who Get Entangled with People Who Use Other People and Then Dump Them like Hot Rocks, but it is certainly a decision one can make.
wanting to present the myths with a focus on women
It's so interesting to me that there's a boom in this kind of classical retelling right now, but I wish more of them sounded like books I actually want to read.
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Date: 2022-12-28 09:29 pm (UTC)No worries! It does sound like it kind of comes out of nowhere in the narrative, too.
I guess it ties into the overall theme of Bad Things Happen To People Who Get Entangled With Gods, since it comes about because of Dionysus' revenge on the city of Argos; I guess it is an interesting choice to initially appear to position Dionysus as Not Like Other Gods - like, maybe Ariadne's relationship with him will be the one time this doesn't go badly for the mortal involved?? - and then go actually, nope!...?
I have to say that I would not necessarily have chosen Ariadne as the pivot of a story about Bad Things Happening to People Who Get Entangled with Gods, as opposed to Bad Things Happening to People Who Get Entangled with People Who Use Other People and Then Dump Them like Hot Rocks, but it is certainly a decision one can make.
wanting to present the myths with a focus on women
It's so interesting to me that there's a boom in this kind of classical retelling right now, but I wish more of them sounded like books I actually want to read.