Theseus abandoning Ariadne on the island of Naxos. Roman fresco from the House of Ariadne (Casa di Arianna), also known as the House of the Coloured Capitals (Casa degli Capitelli colorati) in Pompeii (1-79 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy. Ariadne, deeply asleep on a bed of seaweed, does not realise that Theseus has abandoned her and is sailing away on the ship.

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