However, like Theseus, I eventually managed; to win through, although no kind ariadne came to my assistance.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
There is dramatic power in the soliloquy of ariadne, as in that of Attis, but the dramatic faculty in Catullus is rather a phase of his special lyrical gift, which enables him to identify himself with some single passionate situation, than the power of giving life to various types of character.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The original good fortune and the unbroken happiness of Peleus are more vividly realised by the contrast presented to the imagination in the betrayal and passionate agitation of ariadne.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar