Best Ariadne Poems

Daidalos played with poison
and the gormandizing mind of a king
corrupting DNA with his brilliance.
Poseidon’s patronage,
issues from unknown depths of depravity.

Pasiphae bore this monstrosity
and carried the shame
as women do.

AyeeeI The minds of men bent inwards
without love, cannot find creation...
so seek destruction as compromise.
Convoluted cage of sacrifice,
diabolical...

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King Minos of Crete asked Daedalus,
the inventor, to create a labyrinth
beneath his palace. He housed Minotaur,
a fearsome monster in the labyrinth.
Minotaur had the head of a bull and body of a man.
Princess Ariadne aided
the Minotaur, in an escape;
she had an empathetic heart....

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Cont'd from Minotaur: Part I

When Theseus arrived in Crete,
he met a lovely maid.
She knew what death awaited him
and hurried to his aid.

She slipped a spool of silky thread
into his hands and said:
"Use this to leave the maze, my friend."
And then the maiden fled.

When Theseus was...

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There was a king in ancient Greece,
and Minos was his name. 
His kingdom was an island — Crete.
Enormous was his fame.

In Athens ruled another king
he too — a mighty one.
And once he was the gracious host
of Minos' only son.

The lad was sent by Athens' king
to...

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