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A character from [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] who was the [[daughter]] of [[King]] [[Minos]] and [[Queen]] Pasiphae of [[Crete]]; therefore, she was the half-sister of the [[Minotaur]]. She helps [[Theseus]] kill the Minotaur by giving him a ball of thread to guide him out of the [[Labyrinth]]. Theseus takes her with him when he leaves Crete but he abandons her on the [[island]] of [[Naxos]].  Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
A character from [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] who was the [[daughter]] of [[King]] [[Minos]] and [[Queen]] Pasiphae of [[Crete]]; therefore, she was the half-sister of the [[Minotaur]]. She helps [[Theseus]] kill the Minotaur by giving him a ball of thread to guide him out of the [[Labyrinth]]. Theseus takes her with him when he leaves Crete but he abandons her on the [[island]] of [[Naxos]].

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Ariadne [r]: A character from Greek mythology who was the daughter of King Minos and Queen Pasiphae of Crete; therefore, she was the half-sister of the Minotaur. She helps Theseus kill the Minotaur by giving him a ball of thread to guide him out of the Labyrinth. Theseus takes her with him when he leaves Crete but he abandons her on the island of Naxos.