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Who was the daughter of the king of Crete?

Ariadne was the daughter of Minos, the king of Crete.


Where was ariadne the god born?

The goddess Ariande was born on Crete, where her father was king Minos and her mother the goddess Pasiphaê daughter of Helios.


Theseus was given the secret of the labyrinth by?

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Who named Crete?

It was named by Pasiphaë the wife of King Minos. Father of Ariadne, Androgeus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Glaucus, ... My Source- Minos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


What island did King Minos rule?

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How are ariadne and the minotaur related?

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Who's the father of Ariadne?

king minos


Who was Ariadne?

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.


How was Ariadne form Greek mythology born?

Ariande was born on Crete, the daughter of the goddess Pasiphae and king Minos.


Who was Theseus?

Theseus was an Athenian hero, the son of the king Aegeus and Aethra. He is famous for defeating the Minotaur. In Crete, the princess Ariadne had given him a ball of string to get through the Labyrinth. Afterward, he had abandoned Ariadne on Naxos, where she eventually married Dionysus.


Which hero did Ariadne the daughter of the great king Minos help to escape from the labyrinth?

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.


What did Ariadne do for 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.