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Ariadne abandoned by Theseus on Naxos: as the fleet of Theseus departs, Bacchus appears from behind a tree. Etching by F. Vivares, 1742, after Claude Lorraine.

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Naxos (Greece)

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Ariadne abandoned by Theseus on Naxos: as the fleet of Theseus departs, Bacchus appears from behind a tree. Etching by F. Vivares, 1742, after Claude Lorraine.