Ariadne
Mortal woman
In Greek mythology, Ariadne ( ; Ancient Greek: Ἀριάδνη, romanized: Ariádnē) was a Cretan princess as the daughter of King Minos. There are multiple variations of Ariadne's myth, but she is best known for helping Theseus escape from the Minotaur and being abandoned by him on the island of Naxos.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“Therein furthermore the famed god of the two strong arms cunningly wrought a dancing-floor like unto that which in wide Cnosus Daedalus fashioned of old for fair-tressed Ariadne. There were youths dancing and maidens of the price of many cattle, holding their hands upon the wrists one of the other.”
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Описание прямо называет Ариадну дочерью Миноса; в «Илиаде» (18.590–592) Минос не назван, поэтому родство подтверждено сохранённой записью Wikidata «daughter of Minos».
Wikidata: Ariadne Q184874 · Wikidata Q184874, «Ariadne»Brother · Sources
Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Минос. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются. Квалификация братства/сестринства: Полнота родства и линия общего родителя не установлены.
Wikidata: Ariadne Q184874 · Wikidata Q184874, «Ariadne»For Zeus at the first begat Minos to be a watcher over Crete, and Minos again got him a son, even the peerless Deucalion, and Deucalion begat me, a lord over many men in wide Crete; and now have the ships brought me hither a bane to thee and thy father and the other Trojans.
Il. 13.451
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Therein furthermore the famed god of the two strong arms cunningly wrought a dancing-floor like unto that which in wide Cnosus Daedalus fashioned of old for fair-tressed Ariadne. There were youths dancing and maidens of the price of many cattle, holding their hands upon the wrists one of the other.
Il. 18.592
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In art
Jean-François de Troy. Ariane in the Island of Naxos. Musée Fabre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115675835
Jean-François de Troy. Ariane in the Island of Naxos. Musée Fabre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115675835
John Vanderlyn. Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos. New York Historical. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108690800
John Vanderlyn. Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos. New York Historical. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108690800
Guido Reni. Ariadne. Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109051113
Guido Reni. Ariadne. Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109051113
Henri Fantin-Latour. Fantin-Latour-Ariane-abandonnee-MBALyon. Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115523186
Henri Fantin-Latour. Fantin-Latour-Ariane-abandonnee-MBALyon. Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115523186
Lovis Corinth. Ariadne on Naxos. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118252040
Lovis Corinth. Ariadne on Naxos. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118252040
Josaphat Araldi. Ariadne on Naxos. Rijksmuseum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17335688
Josaphat Araldi. Ariadne on Naxos. Rijksmuseum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17335688
Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller. Ariadne Lying on the Shore of Naxos. Nationalmuseum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18573573
Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller. Ariadne Lying on the Shore of Naxos. Nationalmuseum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18573573
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Sources and verification
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- Wikipedia · Ariadne · CC BY-SA 4.0
Excerpt; remaining sentences omitted.
Reference material remains distinct from the poem’s assertions. Characters who share a name retain separate pages.