Ariadne
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
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a first name.
noun
Example Sentences
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They now have a young daughter, Ariadne, and all three travel to Greece using their U.K. passports.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024
Activist and Twitter power broker Yashar Ali has been ordered to pay his future earnings to oil heiress Ariadne Getty to settle a debt.
From Washington Times • Jul. 6, 2023
In 2002, his first new production as musical director was Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023
According to papers filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Ali owes well over $200,000 on loans made to him by Ariadne Getty, a philanthropist and granddaughter of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2023
As Ariadne led him to the massage tent, Rowan thought, In eight months I am going to die.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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