How classical is Ariadne's parrot? Southall's painting and its literary registers

James, P. (2010). How classical is Ariadne's parrot? Southall's painting and its literary registers. Ramus, 39(1) pp. 53–72.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0048671x00000539

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Abstract

The article suggests ways in which a gorgeously crafted, colourful and compelling 20th century painting of an abandoned Ariadne highlights both her tragic and comic presence in the classical literary representation of her myth in Catullus and Ovid.

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• Item ORO ID
• 24073
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0048-671X
• Keywords
• Southall; tempera painting; Victorian painting; Ariadne; Amazonian parrot; Cretan myths; labyrinth; literary mazes; allusion and interextuality; Theseus; Bacchus; Ovid; Catullus; classical myth in art; classical parrots; parrots as literary signifiers; iminality,
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > Classical Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2010 John Leonard Penwill, University of Bendigo, Latrobe, Australia
• Depositing User
• Paula James