Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
"About him bold Eros beat his wings, and Kythereia [Aphrodite] led, before Lyaios [Dionysos] the bridegroom. For Theseus had just sailed away, and left without pity the banished maiden [Ariadne] asleep on the shore."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 47.265
"And golden-haired #Dionysos made blonde-haired #Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, his buxom wife: and [Zeus] the son of Kronos made her deathless and unageing for him."
Hesiod, Theogony 947
🏛️ Painted terracotta figures of Bacchus and Ariadne, 50 BCE - 50 CE, Thappsus, Sicily; now in the #Ashmolean Museum, #Oxford
"After #Hera inflicted madness upon him [#Dionysos], he wandered over #Egypt and Syria. The Egyptian king Proteus first welcomed him."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 29
🏛️ Dionysos and #Ariadne, #Coptic Egyptian tapestry from the 4th century CE.
"#Dionysos showed himself on the island [of Naxos], and because of the beauty of #Ariadne he took the maiden away from #Theseus and kept her as his lawful wife, loving her exceedingly."
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.61.5
🏛️ Dionysos and Ariadne, #fresco from the Triclinium in the House of Vettii, #Pompeii
The glossary for August's erotic mythology story is going to be looooong 😳
In the story, #Dionysos and #Ariadne visit #Egypt, invited by the goddess #Hathor, and as I am not as well-versed in Egyptian history, it was tough getting the details right. I always aim to bring the ancient world alive and it is supposed to be a place where young gods like Dionysos and Ariadne seem like children to the ancient deities who ruled over Egypt for centuries if not millenia when the story takes place.
"Joy brightens the hearts of my worshippers and enables them to live a full and meaningful life. Let me place joy in your heart as well. Life, prosperity, and health." #Ariadne felt the magic of the words fill her, a common greeting that was made powerful by the goddess speaking it. Divinity sparked from #Hathor's fingertips as she brushed over Ariadne's womanhood, an intense feeling of joyful lust following in their wake. #WIPWednesday#ancientEgypt@smutstodon@mythology
A drop of wine ran down #Hathor's soft, bovine lips. Her long tongue darted out to lick it up. Their gaze met as she pressed against her mound, fingers sliding back into her and getting to work, moving smoothly, quickly, relentlessly. #Ariadne groaned, gripping the hand with her cunt. Her ears were ringing with the music of [Egyptian instruments] and joyful laughter and drunken song. The solar disk's light was warm on her skin like the sun on a beautiful day in Spring. #WIPWednesday#erotica