Ariadne



Ariadne was featured in the story of "Theseus and the Minotaur". Ariadne fell in love with Theseus at the first sight of him, and helped him by giving him a information and a ball of the thread, so that he could find his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth. Theseus killed the Minotaur, only after learning that the monster was Ariadne's brother. Despite having killed her brother, Ariadne was still madly in love with Theseus and when with him. However on the return trip he abandoned her on the island of Naxos.