On Ariadne, draft of a new Foreword to a 1970 work of Robert T. Teske on a latent divinity
2018.03.29 | By Gregory Nagy Was the Ariadne of myth a cult hero or a goddess? In this essay, which is a draft of a Foreword that I am preparing for an online book by Robert T. Teske about Ariadne, my ultimate answer has to be this: Ariadne was both a female cult hero and a goddess. When we examine what we know about the rituals as well as the… Read more