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What island did Theseus leave Ariadne on?
naxosIsland of Naxos
What is the myth of Bacchus and Ariadne?
Click link below! Read the two sections called Minos and Theseus and Naxos.
Who helps Theseus escape from the labyrinth?
ariadne
Who was Theseus?
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.
Why did ariadne deceive her father when she helped theseus?
For love of Theseus.
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