Originally a Minoan goddess; her Cretan name Aridela means ‘she who shines in splendour’. Her death as described in Homer suggests a goddess of vegetation. In the myth, Ariádne is the daughter of the Cretan king → Minos and of...

Ariadne, in Greek mythology, was daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios, the Sun-titan.[1] She aided Theseus in overcoming the Minotaur and later became the consort of the god...