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Ariadne, in Greek mythology, daughter of Pasiphae and the Cretan king Minos. She fell in love with the Athenian hero Theseus and, with a thread or glittering jewels, helped him escape the Labyrinth after he slew the Minotaur, a beast half bull and half man that Minos kept in the Labyrinth. Here the legends diverge: she was abandoned by Theseus and hanged herself; or, Theseus carried her to Naxos and left her there to die, and she was rescued by and married the god Dionysus.
Ancient Greek poets and artists liked to portray Ariadne asleep on the shore of Naxos while Dionysus gazes at her with love and admiration. Ariadne’s story was later taken up by European artists, writers, and composers, including Richard Strauss in his opera Ariadne auf Naxos (1912; Ariadne on Naxos). In ancient art Ariadne frequently appears as the consort of Dionysus, sometimes with their children.
There are different variations of Ariadne's myth, but she is known for helping Theseus
Theseus
Theseus (UK: /ˈθiːsjuːs/, US: /ˈθiːsiəs/; Greek: Θησεύς [tʰɛːsěu̯s]) was a divine hero and the founder of Athens from Greek mythology. The myths surrounding Theseus, his journeys, exploits, and friends, have provided material for storytelling throughout the ages. Theseus. Founder and Patron of Athens.
escape from the Minotaur and being abandoned by him on the island of Naxos. There, Dionysus
Dionysus
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (/daɪ.əˈnaɪsəs/; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Dionysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.
Dionysus made Ariadne immortal, either by retrieving her from the Underworld or by making her crown a constellation in the heavens. In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus sees the shade of Ariadne in the Underworld and learns that she has been killed by Artemis for unclear reasons on Naxos. Plutarch (c.
The story of Ariadne, Princess and high priestess of Crete. She lives with her brother the minotaur, in the labyrinth under the palace and performs the mysteries of the Great Goddess. Theseus, prince of Greece, comes to Crete, steals Ariadne's sacred thread, finds his way through the labyrinth and kills the minotaur.
When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives in Crete as a sacrifice to the beast, Ariadne falls in love with him. But helping Theseus kill the monster means betraying her family and country, and Ariadne knows only too well that in a world ruled by mercurial gods – drawing their attention can cost you everything.
Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of yarn which he unwound as he entered the Labyrinth to slay the Minotaur. After slaying the Minotaur, Theseus followed the thread back to entrance of the Labyrinth, rejoined Ariadne, and successfully escaped Crete.
In one version of her myth, Perseus killed her at Argos by turning her to stone with the head of Medusa during Perseus' war with Dionysus. The Odyssey relates that Artemis killed her. According to Plutarch, one version of the myth tells that Ariadne hanged herself after being abandoned by Theseus.
The story of Ariadne is one twisted mess of a myth that has many contradicting versions. Only Homer mentions that Artemis slew her because of “accusation of Dionysus”.
In Euripides' play, it is implied that Theseus left Ariadne because the goddess Athena, the patron of his hometown, convinced Theseus that Ariadne was a distraction, and that his future was with Athens. This plays on the idea that Ariadne as Theseus' Queen would bring disgrace to Athens.
The night when they were sleeping, Theseus woke up the crew but didn't wake Ariadne. He let her sleep while he and the others set sail without her. Dionysus, her husband. Ariadne awoke alone, looked around the beach, and called for Theseus until she saw the sail on the horizon.
With the help of her husband, Ariadne got her revenge on Theseus by making him forget to change the sails from black to white as he returned home. King Aegeus saw the black-sailed ship and was consumed by grief, thinking his son was dead.
Here the legends diverge: she was abandoned by Theseus and hanged herself; or, Theseus carried her to Naxos and left her there to die, and she was rescued by and married the god Dionysus.
In Greek mythology, Ariadne was a Princess of Crete who saved the hero Theseus from the monster the Minotaur. She later became a goddess married to Dionysus, the god of wine and festivities. The name Ariadne means "Most Holy" in the original Greek.
The girl's name Ariadne means “most holy,” and it receives this meaning as ari translates to "most" and adnós to "holy." Ariadne is a Cretan princess who helped Theseus escape the Minotaur but was left stranded on the island of Naxos.
While there are many variations of her myth, in her story Ariadne's slumber occurs on the island of Naxos, where her husband Theseus has abandoned her as she sleeps. When she wakes up, she will find not a trace of her husband, as all she sees is a boat on the horizon.
Distraught, Ariadne was wandering along the shore searching for sight of her lover's ship, when she was surprised by the wine god Bacchus. He had fallen in love with her and asked her to marry him, offering her the sky as a wedding gift, in which one day she would become a constellation.
Dionysus is called twice-born because he was born from Semele and then, while she was dying, Zeus saved him by sewing him up in his thigh and keeping him there until he reached maturity.
Ampelos (Greek: Ἂμπελος, lit."Vine") or Ampelus (Latin) was a personification of the grapevine and lover of Dionysus in Greek and Bacchus in Roman mythology. He was a satyr that either turned into a constellation or the grape vine, due to Dionysus.
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