Meaning Ariadne
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Ariadne


Daughter of King Minos of Crete, Ariadne loved first Theseus, whom she rescued from the labyrinth, then Bacchus, after Theseus had left her on the island of Naxos. According to Philostratos ('Ima [..]
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Ariadne


(n) beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; she fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth
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Means "most holy", composed of the Greek prefix ἀρι (ari) meaning "most" combined with Cretan Greek ἀδνός (adnos) meaning "holy&am [..]
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