naxosIsland of Naxos
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ariadne
Theseus was an Athenian hero, the son of the king Aegeus and Aethra. He is famous for defeating the Minotaur. In Crete, the princess Ariadne had given him a ball of string to get through the Labyrinth. Afterward, he had abandoned Ariadne on Naxos, where she eventually married Dionysus.
For love of Theseus.
naxosIsland of Naxos
He was the god of wineHe married Ariadne, who was left on Naxos by Theseus
Ariadne helped Theseus by using Ariadne's String.
She followed Theseus on his journey back towards Athens. They spent the night on the island of Naxos, then Theseus sailed on, forgetting that he had left Ariadne behind. But Dionysus found her and married her.
He was the god of wineHe married Ariadne, who was left on Naxos by Theseus
Dionysus met his wife Ariadne when Theseus abandoned her on the island Naxos, and he found her there.
In the myth, after Theseus killed the minotaur, came out of the maze, and sailed away with Ariadne back to Athens, he lands on the island of Naxos.
It's not truely known. Dionysus appeared to Theseus as they sailed away from Crete, saying that he had chosen Ariadne as his wife, and demanded that Theseus leave her on Naxos for him; vase-painters of Athens often showed Athena leading Theseus from the sleeping Ariadne to his ship.
Click link below! Read the two sections called Minos and Theseus and Naxos.
Ariadne auf Naxos was created in 1916.
He promised to marry Ariadne, but he dumped her at the island of Naxos. He then brought away one of the Amazons, Hippolyta (sometimes known as Antiope). Later, he married Phaedra, the sister of Ariadne.
In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos of Crete. She helped Theseus navigate the Labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur by giving him a ball of string to help him find his way out. Theseus later abandoned Ariadne on the island of Naxos, where she was later found and married by the god Dionysus.