A string that led through the Labyrinth.
Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of golden cord to navigate his way through the labyrinth. I also believe that she gave him a sword to kill the minotaur.
King Minos's daughter, Princess Ariadne of Crete.
Ariadne gave him a ball of thread to help him escape from the Labyrinth because Ariadne loved him and didn't want be eaten by the Minotaur.
She was in love with him.
The princess Ariadne helped Theseus.
Ariadne gave THeseus a harpin that turned into a sword named Anuklusmos, or Riptide in English,to defeat Ladon, the dragon, that gaurds the tree of golden apples of immortality.In return,Theseus promised Ariadne to marry her.When they sailed off together for home they stopped to rest on Calypso's island.Here THeseus sailed off the island without Ariadne while she was sleeping.For those of you who don't read Percy Jackson, Ariadne provided Theseus with a ball of twine (given to her by Daedalus), with which he could navigate the Labyrinth.Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos of Crete. When Theseus was brought to Crete as one of the sacrifices for the Minotaur, Ariadne gave him a spool of string so that once he killed the Minotaur he could find his way out of the Labyrinth. In return for her aid, Theseus took Ariadne with him when he left Crete; however, he later abandoned her on a deserted island.
In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos of Crete. She helped Theseus navigate the Labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur by giving him a ball of string to help him find his way out. Theseus later abandoned Ariadne on the island of Naxos, where she was later found and married by the god Dionysus.
Daedalus
To help Ariande's lover Theseus.
Theseus had her help in overcoming the Minotaur and saving the would-be sacrificial victims.
In Cretan mythology, Theseus slayed the minotaur. He did it with the help of a ball of string and Ariadne, who knew the minotaur in some ways too intimately. Not that way. The minotaur is a half bul half man . http://thenorthnode.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/theseus-and-the-minotaur/ Very nice looking blogsite, with a synopsis of the myth with a bit of discussion concerning wandering up that particular emotional labyrinthine alley surrounding it.
It is unlikely that Theseus could have conquered the Minotaur without Ariadne's help. She provided him with a ball of thread, which allowed him to navigate the labyrinth and find his way back after defeating the creature. Without this crucial aid, Theseus would have faced the risk of getting lost in the complex maze, potentially leading to his demise. Thus, Ariadne's assistance was essential for his success.