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There, Dionysus saw Ariadne sleeping, fell in love with her, and later married her. Many versions of the myth recount Dionysus throwing Ariadne's jeweled crown into the sky to create a constellation, the Corona Borealis. [1] [2] Ariadne is associated with mazes and labyrinths because of her involvement in the myths of Theseus and the Minotaur.
Another account claims Dionysus ordered Theseus to abandon Ariadne on the island of Naxos, for Dionysus had seen her as Theseus carried her onto the ship and had decided to marry her. [ citation needed ] Psalacantha , a nymph, promised to help Dionysus court Ariadne in exchange for his sexual favours; but Dionysus refused, so Psalacantha ...
The nymph Psalacantha promised to help Dionysus court the Cretan princess Ariadne as long as he slept with her. Dionysus refused, so Psalacantha retaliated by advising Ariadne against going with him; the god, enraged, turned Psalacantha into an obscure plant bearing her name, psalakanthos, that supposedly bears resemblance to the melilot ...
Ariadne is the sister of the Minotaur, a half-human, half-bull creature that Theseus is ordered to slay. Ariadne is in love with Theseus, but he abandons her after she helps him out of the ...
Ariadne is the princess of Crete and daughter of King Minos. She first appears in Medusa the Mean as Dionysus' first bridesmaid. Pallas is Athena's foster sister. In Pallas the Pal, she met up with Athena and finds out that she had new friends in MOA. And became jealous. In the end, she became good friends with Athena and the rest of the MOA ...
The Derveni krater, height: 90.5 cm (35 ½ in.), 4th century BC. The Dionysian Mysteries of mainland Greece and the Roman Empire are thought to have evolved from a more primitive initiatory cult of unknown origin (perhaps Thracian or Phrygian) which had spread throughout the Mediterranean region by the start of the Classical Greek period.
Under the Bridge focuses on Virk’s friends, specifically a character named Josephine Bell. In Godfrey’s book, Bell’s name is changed—along with the names of many other characters, to ...
Scott Derrickson and co-screenwriter Robert Cargill drew on true experiences from the '70s in adapting Joe Hill's 10-page short story into "The Black Phone."