ID: 901000155 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000155	Record Type: Character/Person

	Ariadne (Greek character)

Note: Daughter of the Cretan king Minos, and Pasiphae. In Greek mythology, daughter of Pasiphae and the Cretan king Minos. She fell in love with the Athenian hero Theseus and, with a thread or glittering jewels, helped him escape the Labyrinth after he slew the Minotaur, a beast half bull and half man that Minos kept in the Labyrinth.

Names:

	Ariadne (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Ἀριάδνη (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Ariadne (Greek character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	is actor for .... Dionysus and Ariadne
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Dionysus and Ariadne (Greco-Roman narrative)) [901000282]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legendary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Ariadne (Greek character)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 21 May 2012
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85007134
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95B(Ariadne) (story of) Ariadne
	Ἀριάδνη (Greek character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 21 May 2012
	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95B(Ariadne) (story of) Ariadne
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85007134