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ARIADNE
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• ARIADNE (noun)
The noun ARIADNE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: ARIADNE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)
Context examples
I saw Goethe's house, Schiller's statue, and Dannecker's famous 'Ariadne.'
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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