Ariadne - Ariadne (English spelling)

Japanese: アリアドネ - ありあどね(英語表記)Ariadnē
Ariadne - Ariadne (English spelling)

In Greek mythology, Ariadne is the daughter of Minos, the king of Crete, and Pasiphae. When the Athenian hero Theseus visited the island, Ariadne fell in love with him and gave him a ball of thread to guide him through the labyrinth, helping him defeat the monster Minotaur. Theseus escaped the labyrinth by following the thread and fled to the island of Naxos with Ariadne, but he left Ariadne behind as she slept on the beach. However, the god Dionysus, who came to the island later, fell in love with her and took her back to Olympus as his wife. Dionysus gave her a gold crown, which later became the constellation Corona Borealis. Ariadne had children with Dionysus, including Thoas, Staphylos, Oenopion, and Peparetos, but one theory is that she was shot dead by Artemis on Dionysus' orders.

[Masahiro Ogawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ギリシア神話におけるクレタ島の王ミノスとパシファエの娘。アテネの英雄テセウスがこの島を訪れたとき、彼に恋をしたアリアドネは、迷宮ラビリントスへの道案内に糸玉を与え、英雄の怪物ミノタウロス退治を助けた。糸をたどってラビリントスを脱出したテセウスは、アリアドネとともにナクソス島へ逃れたが、ここでテセウスは浜辺で眠るアリアドネを置き去りにした。しかし、そのあとその島にやってきたディオニソス神が彼女を愛し、妻としてオリンポスへ連れ帰った。ディオニソスは彼女に金の冠を与えたが、のちにその冠は星座(かんむり座)となった。アリアドネはディオニソス神との間に、トアス、スタフィロス、オイノピオン、ペパレトスなどの子をもうけたが、一説ではディオニソスの命を受けたアルテミスによって射殺されたとも伝えられる。

[小川正広]

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