Ariadne

Ariadne in Wikipedia

Ariadne (Greek: Αριάδνη, Latin: Ariana), in Greek mythology, was daughter of King Minos of Crete[1] and his queen, Pasiphae, daughter of Helios, the Sun-titan.[2] She aided Theseus in overcoming the Minotaur (actually her half-brother) but was equally the bride of the god Dionysus.[3]......

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Ariadne in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἀριάδνη), a daughter of Minos and Pasiphae or Creta. (Apollod. 3.1.2.) When Theseus was sent by his father to convey the tribute of the Athenians to Minotaurus, Ariadne fell in love with him, and gave him the string by means of which he found his way out of the Labyrinth, and which she herself had received from Hephaestus. Theseus in return ...

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