Ariadne Awake: 9

by Doris Orgel

Book Overview

Enter the maze of myth, where a young girl awakens to the mystery of love -- and learns its price. Daughter of the tyrant Minos of Crete, half sister to the savage Minotaur, Ariadne is only beginning to dream of a love that will transform her. Then the young hero Theseus, handsome prince of Athens and her father's prisoner, arrives, and Ariadne is ready to defy her father to prevent his death. Fleeing with him, she leaves behind all she holds dear...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670851582
• ISBN13: 9780670851584
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books
• Length: 73 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 11 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 6 and higher

Customer Reviews

A 7 Year Old Boy

This book is a very good book. I suppose you would like to read it because it is about an Athens man name Theseus being put in a labrynth. Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos of Crete. Ariadne was attacked by the minataur because she wanted to comfort it. Ariadne tried to help Theseus because he was so handsome. She gave him a sword and a ball of thread. Theseus killed the minataur. When they were sailing away, Theseus accidently left her on an island. There she met Dionysis and married him. And that the was end of the story. It was a 5 star story because it was a really good book.

Outstanding Story

I was so impressed with this version of Theseus and the Minotaur. The reflections of Ariadne are very feminine and will inspire children to think more deeply about her predicament. We read this after reading another picture book version of the myth. After having read a rather brief version of the story, we enjoyed hearing this expanded version, rich with reflection, causing female students to shed tears. A must read for any unit on Ancient Crete!

Best Greek Mythology Fiction!

YOU CANNOT MISS THIS BOOK! This book really goes into Greek myhtology and it is a story equivalent to Theseus and the Minotaur. I liked the adventure and the vividness of this book. I also love Greek mythology. All information here are 100% accurate. It is about a princess of Crete nemed Ariadne. She was a daughter of King Minos of Crete and Queen Pasiphae. Queen Pasiphae also gave birth to the Minotaur, a half-man and half-bull beast. Athens had to pay 9 youths every seven years to feed the Minotaur. Once, Theseus, the King of Athens' son came to Crete, Ariadne fell in love with him. They danced in the banquet room and later Ariadne helped Theseus to kill the Minotaur by the help of the architect Daedalus. Theseus killed the Minotaur and they at once set sail for Athens with the rescued Athenians. However, Dionysus wanted Ariadne as his bride and Theseus had to leave Ariadne at Naxos. Sionysus became Ariadne's husband.