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What does Ariadne mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Ariadne? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. (Greek) The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae.
  2. (rare) A female given name.
Name
  1. A female given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) The holy one.
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Ariadne poses against a rocky outcrop and raises her hand in a rhetorical gesture that makes her seem irate and merciful, proud and humble.
Representing Great Britain was the warship Ariadne, the flagship of the British Atlantic fleet.
Trangmar's starting point was the Greek myth of Ariadne, who sent a ball of thread twisting through pathways to enable Theseus's safe passage from the Minotaur's labyrinth.
Plunging from his cheetah-drawn chariot, Bacchus looses arrows of longing from his eyes at Ariadne, and transfixes her in mid-flight.
He arrived at Crete, and obtained the love of Ariadne, the daughter of Minos.
Fohat is called the 'Thread of primeval Light,' the 'Ball of thread' of Ariadne, indeed, in this labyrinth of chaotic matter.

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