Arianne

Genre/Style: Traditional Irish Song

Touchstones: “Whisky in the Jar,” “Finnegan’s Wake”

Themes:

Myth: Ariadne abandoned by Theseus on Naxos

Notable Tellings: Gaius Valerius Catullus, poem 64.50-264 (ca. 50 BCE); Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), Heroides 10 (