It was Ariadne, daughter of Minos - in return he was supposed to marry her, but he did not and abandoned her on Naxos where Dionysus found her and fell in love with her and then married her
The idea came from Daedalus, but it was Ariadne, one of the daughters of Minos, that gave the string to Theseus and instructed him on its use.
No, that was Ariadne (air-ee-add-knee).
Her name was Ariadne.
Ariadne helped the hero Theseus escape from the labyrinth by giving him a spool of string so he could retrace his steps. Theseus took her with him when he fled Crete, but he later left her marooned on an island on his way back to Athens.
Ariadne, goddess of weaving, led a string through the labyrinth that Theseus followed back out.
A string that led through the Labyrinth.
A magic string that led Theseus out of the labyrinth. Answer 2: The ball of red yarn need not have been at all magic. Ariadne held one end, Theseus unrolled the yarn as he proceeded into the labyrinth, killed the Minotaur, rolled up the yarn and found himself back with Ariadne.
Ariadne gave a string to Theseus to guide his way into the labyrinth
He tied a ball of string to the door, and unrolled it as he wen on.
Ariadne helped Theseus by using Ariadne's String.
Theseus used a ball of thread/string to find his way out. This was given to him by the princess Ariadne.
So he would find his way in the labyrinth of the Minotaur.