A Tangled Thread: Jennifer Saint's Ariadne
When was the first time you learned the story of Ariadne, the girl who helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur and escape the labyrinth of Crete? For me, it was in the mythology section of an ancient textbook, passed down by a teacher grandmother. When I was too young I read a tattered copy of June Rachuy Brindel’s Ariadne and desperately wanted to understand it. (I absolutely did not, and remember it only like scraps of a dream.) We rarely hear about what happened to Ariadne after the labyrinth. There are varying stories, and more than one ending for the daughter of Minos and Pasiphae. But you...
Source: tor.com