Ariane

Summary

Dominique Pagani often returns to Ariadne, above all through the Naxos episode: she gives Theseus the thread that lets him get out of the labyrinth, and then he abandons her on the shore. On the verge of death, she is taken in and consoled by Dionysus, and she becomes a constellation12. He makes her a figure of the amorous elegy3. He links her with Phaedra, her younger sister and also a daughter of Minos, who wants to take her place beside Theseus. He quotes Racine's line "Ariane, ma sœur, de quel amour blessée" and dwells on the music of its vowels45. He also stresses her betrayal: out of love for the stranger from Athens, she betrays her family and her nation, handing the thread to the one who ensures collective security67. He compares her to Isolde, since she is the Minotaur's half-sister just as Isolde is tied to the Morholt. Finally, he uses the image of the thread to present the introductory videos on his website.

1. 1#2.7 Between crisis and war: philosophising?1 Aug 2017 · 1:50
2. 2#14 Caves of yesterday and today: from Plato to modernity10 Jun 2022 · 1:00:13
3. 3#16 Return to the logics of the subject30 Jul 2020 · 19:21
4. 4#9 Benefits and harms of amnesia…17 Dec 2020 · 1:20:45
5. 5Wagner and his interpreters, approaching Clouscard, Marx = Theseus?31 Mar 2021 · 1:16:03
6. 6#7 The Greeks, myth and music17 Dec 2020 · 24:03
7. 7The essence of evil: innocence of nature, horror of naturalism!17 Dec 2024 · 44:19

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