#did ariadne weep when she knew her path to freedom was also her brother’s death?

[sanska]

It’s tough growing up in the house of Minos, kind of why I prefer the versions where Ariadne meets Dionysus by chance vs the ones where she’s killed/deserted due to his machinations, otherwise you get:

one born as a punishment and fated to live and die a monster, another cursed to ruin her family and marry Theseus, and the last abandoned and dead by a god’s decree (a god who in other versions she finds eternal happiness and love with, but that is not hers to have in this story)

I’ve thought of Ariadne and Phaedra meeting again during a City Dionysia in Athens, but any scenario I’ve doodled has them being awkward and unsure of how to address it all—Minos, Asterius, Theseus, one of them marrying a god who’s festival they’re attending, Hippolytus —no amount of therapy could fix the house of Minos (also, imagine dying and seeing dear old dad is an underworld judge??)

[Leaving]

I have so many questions about the story of Ariadne’s abandonment on Naxos like:

1. On one hand I get not wanting to marry the daughter of the guy who’s sacrificing your people to the cowboy that lives under his castle (even if you originally promised her), but Theseus then marries Ariadne’s sister?? Is it because in some stories Ariadne is running the labyrinth while Phaedra’s mostly not involved or

2. Did Phaedra say nothing on the boat/Naxos before ditching her sister to become Queen of Athens. I desperately want to know what’s their siblings dynamic and if they consider the Minotaur a brother or a monster

3. What is going on in Naxos at this period in the mythos. Was it inhabited by people? Were there only cats and wandering gods? Like on the “getting stranded on a greek island in a mythic scenario” scale where does Naxos lie if you don’t attract godly notice

Anyway drew more Ariadne my favourite greek mythos girl fr