Ariadne

constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm

In Greek mythology, Ariadne (; ) was a Cretan princess, the daughter of King Minos of Crete. There are variations of Ariadne's myth, but she is known for helping Theseus escape from the Minotaur and being abandoned by him (or herself dying) on the island of Naxos. There, Dionysus saw Ariadne sleeping, fell in love with her, and later married her. Many versions of the myth recount Dionysus throwing Ariadne's jeweled crown into the sky to create a constellation, the Corona Borealis.

main-belt asteroid

Roman cameo glass vase

opera by Richard Strauss

Minoan goddess figurine

painting by Titian

'''''''' (SV 291, Ariadne) is the lost second opera by Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. One of the earliest operas in general, it was composed in 1607–1608 and first performed on 28 May 1608, as part of the musical festivities for a royal wedding at the court of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga in Mantua. All the music is lost apart from the extended recitative known as "''''" ("Ariadne's Lament"). The libretto, which survives complete, was written in eight scenes by Ottavio Rinuccini, who used Ovid's Heroides and other classical sources to relate the story of Ariadne's abandonment by Theseus on the

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opera by Paul Dukas

Roman era ornamental garden vase

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opera by Georg Friedrich Händel

opera by Jules Massenet

Ancient Roman monument in Thessaloniki

statue

opera by Jules Massenet

French opera by Darius Milhaud

painting by Tintoretto

opera by Bohuslav Martinů

ballet score by Albert Roussel

ancient Roman stone sarcophagus