Associations to the word «Ariadne»

Wiktionary

ARIADNE, proper noun. (Greek mythology) The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae.
ARIADNE, proper noun. (rare) A female given name.

Dictionary definition

ARIADNE, noun. Beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; she fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope