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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats