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
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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
The rockets are, of course, named after the Greek goddess Ariadne, princess of Crete and granddaughter of Zeus.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 16, 2023
In 2019, Ariadne, a European network of foundations that support social change and human rights issues, recognized a need to increase funding for climate justice.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Daedalus was the architect who had contrived the Labyrinth for the Minotaur in Crete, and who showed Ariadne how Theseus could escape from it.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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