Ariadne

Ariadne is the immortal Greek wife of Dionysus.

Mythology
When Theseus arrived to Crete to be sacrificed to the Minotaur, Ariadne fell in love with him. She helped him by giving him a sword and a ball of yarn so that he could find his way out of the labyrinth. In return, Theseus agreed to take him back to Athens with him when he returned. Theseus slayed the Minotaur and took Ariadne on the ship back to Crete.

The ship eventually landed on Naxos so that the crew could rest. Theseus woke everyone except Ariadne up and they left her on the island as they all headed back to Athens.

When Ariadne woke, she saw the sails on the horizon and asked the gods to make him forget to change his sails from black to white. Before he left, Theseus told his father that if he was alive when the ship was returning he would put up white sails so that his father would know he was alive. Theseus forgot to put up the white sails and his father threw himself into the sea and drowned.

Dionysus found Ariande on the island and the two were eventually married. Ariadne was given immortality so that the two could live forever together.

Family

 * Father: Minos
 * Mother: Pasiphae
 * Children: See All