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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"Honestly," added Ariadne Griffin, "give Mollie a Bafta because she is giving the dramatic reality TV performance of a lifetime right now."
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 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
The rockets are, of course, named after the Greek goddess Ariadne, princess of Crete and granddaughter of Zeus.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 16, 2023
Coincidentally, another Upshaw student at Ojai in 2011, Ariadne Greif, was able to stand in impressively at the last minute for some of Bullock’s repertory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
Then I saw Phaidra, Prokris; and Ariadne, daughter of Minos, the grim king.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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