person
Ariadne
The Cnossian princess who helped Theseus and was abandoned; her bridal crown was set among the stars as the Corona.
Reading notes
- Hercules (Mad) §18 the Cnossian girl
Ariadne of Cnossus, whose bridal crown became the constellation Corona, yet another of the sky's tokens of mortal women loved by gods.
- Phaedra §246 Ariadne
Phaedra's sister, who loved Theseus and helped him kill the Minotaur, then was abandoned; her father Minos pardoned her love.