- Information
- daughter of Minos
- Daughter of
- π€ Crete (d. of Asterios) βπ€ Pasiphae (Cretan) βπ€ Minos
- Mother of
- π€ Peparethos βπ€ Oinopion βπ€ Staphylos (Argonaut) βπ€ Thoas (Lemnian) βπ€ Ceramos
- Wife of
- π€ Dionysos βπ€ Theseus βπ€ Oinaros
- Has children with
- π€ Dionysos βπ€ Theseus
- Ruler of
- π Crete (island)
- Dies at
- π Crete (island) βπ Naxos (island) βπ Amathous (Cyprus) βπ Dia (island)
- Killed by
- π€ Artemis
- Buried at
- πΊ the Ceramic Urn of Ariadne βποΈ the Temple of Cretan Dionysos at ArgosβποΈ the Tomb of Ariadne (Cyprus)
- Buried by
- π€ Dionysos
- Has post-mortem existence at
- π the Underworld
- Cult sites
- π Naxos (island) βπ Amathous (Cyprus)
- Related Entities
- π€ Acacallis βπ€ Androgeos βπ€ Antiochos (Heraclid) βπ€ Aphrodite βπ€ Apollo βπ€ Artemis βπ€ Athena βπ€ Clymene (d. of Minyas) βπ€ Crete (d. of Asterios) βπ€ Cronos βπ€ Daidalos βπ€ Deucalion (Cretan) βπ€ Dionysos βπ€ Elpenor βπ€ Eriphyle βπ€ Zeus βπ€ Glaucos (Cretan) βπ the Underworld βπ€ Hephaistos βπ€ Heracles βπ€ Hermes βπ Athens (Attica) βπ Crete (island) βπ Naxos (island) βπ Lemnos (island) βπ€ Theseus βπ€ Pan (god) βπ€ Pasiphae (Cretan) βπ€ Peparethos βπ€ Periboia (Salamian) βπ€ Phaidra βπ€ Procris (hunter) βπ€ Leda βπ€ Minos βπ€ Odysseus βπ€ Oinopion βπ€ Seilenos βπ€ Semele βπ€ Staphylos (Argonaut) βπ€ Teiresias βπ€ Thoas (Lemnian) βπ€ Xenodice (Cretan) βπΊ the Sword of Aigeus βποΈ the Labyrinth (Knossos) βπ€ the Minotaur βπΊ the Thread of Ariadne βπΊ the Club of Heracles βπ Knossos (Crete) βπΊ the Club of Theseus βπ€ Eros βποΈ the Dancing Place of Ariadne (Knossos) βπ€ Ceramos βπ€ Maira (Argive) βπ€ Maira (Atlantid) βπΊ the Ceramic Urn of Ariadne βποΈ the Temple of Cretan Dionysos at Argosβπ€ Priapos βπΊ the Wooden Statue of Aphrodite (Daidalian) βπ Amathous (Cyprus) βπ₯ the Final Athenian Tribute βπ€ Aigle (d. of Panopeus) βπ€ Oinaros βποΈ the Tomb of Ariadne (Cyprus) βπ€ Corcyne βπ Dia (island) βποΈ the Temple of Apollo at DelosβπΊ the Ship of Theseus ββ³ the Funeral Games of Androgeos (Knossos) βπΊ the Crown of AriadneβπΊ the Replica Cow βπ€ Cydippe (Naxian) βπ€ Clymene (Oceanid II) βπ€ Phaidimos (Athenian) βπ€ Hippodameia (Athenian) βπ€ Daidochos (Athenian) βπ€ Menestho (Athenian) βπ€ Eurysthenes (Athenian) βπ€ Coronis (Athenian) βπ€ Heuxistratos (Athenian) βπ€ Damasistrate (Athenian) βπ€ Asteria (Athenian) βπ€ Hermippos (Athenian) βπ€ Lysidice (Athenian) βπ€ Procritos (Athenian) βπ€ Euanthe (Athenian) βπ€ Lycinos βπ€ Anthylla βπ€ Antias βπ€ Gluce (Athenian) βπ€ Simon (Athenian) βπ€ Enpedo βπ€ Lycios (Athenian) βπ€ Eunice (Athenian) βπ€ Solon (Athenian) βπ€ Timon βπ€ Syon βπ€ Throphos
- Mentioned by
- π Apollodoros, Epitome 1.9βπ Apollodoros, Library 3.1.2βπ Pausanias 1.3.1βπ Pausanias 1.20.3βπ Pausanias 2.23.8βπ Pausanias 7.4.5βπ Pausanias 10.29.3βπ Plutarch, Theseus 19.1βπ Plutarch, Theseus 21.1βπ Plutarch, Theseus 29.2βπ Homer, Odyssey 11.321-11.327βπ Euripides, Hippolytos 307-352βπ Homer, Iliad 18.590-18.606βπ Pausanias 1.22.4-1.22.5βπ Pausanias 5.19.1-5.19.6βπ Pausanias 10.29.3-10.29.5βπ Pausanias 9.40.3-9.40.4βπ Apollodoros, Epitome 1.8-1.9βπ Plutarch, Theseus 19.2-19.3βπ Plutarch, Theseus 19.4-19.7βπ Plutarch, Theseus 20.1-20.5βπ Hesiod, Theogony 947-949βπ Hesiod, Aigimius fr. 235 Mostβπ Hesiod fr. 243 Mostβπ Cypria Argumentum 4 Westβπ Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 2βπ Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories 17βπ Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 5βπ Lucian, A True Story 2.8βπ Callimachus, Aetia fr. 67 Harderβπ Lucian, The Dance 13βπ Lucian, The Dance 49βπ Callimachus, Aetia fr. 110 Harderβπ Lucian, Hermotimos, or Concerning the Sects 47βπ Ion, Elegiacs fr. 29βπ Pomponius Mela 2.112βπ Ovid, Amores 1.7βπ Ovid, Amores 2.18βπ D-Scholia, Iliad 18.590βπ Diodoros, Library 6.4.1βπ Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 41
- Mentioned in citation of
- π Philochoros FGrHist 328 fr. 17aβπ Cleidemos BNJ 323 fr. 17βπ Paion BNJ 757 fr. 2βπ Homer, Iliad 18.590-18.606βπ Hesiod, Aigimius fr. 235 Mostβπ Pherecydes of Athens fr. 150 Fowlerβπ Ps-Alexander, Problemata 111-13 Kapetanaki & Sharplesβπ Ion, Elegiacs fr. 29βπ Pherecydes of Syros D12
- Depictions
- π¨ Attic Black-Figure Krater by Cleitias (Florence 4209; Beazley 300000; LIMC Antenor I 2)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Cup in the manner of the Haimon Painter (ANU 2008.04)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Kylix (SAM 2243; Beazley 310552; LIMC Anthylla 1)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Lid (BM 1859,0301.4; Beazley 7022; LIMC Antaios I 70)βπ¨ Attic Red-figure Calyx Krater (CAMU Ξ 819; Beazley 9034451; LIMC Pegasos (Pegasos, Bellerophon) 236)βπ¨ Attic Red-figure Calyx Krater (CAMU Ξ 179; Beazley 9034452)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Ξ 62)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Krater (CAMU Ξ 346)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Ξ 574)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Hydria (Cyclades ΣΠ91)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Oinochoe attributed to the Herakles Painter (JECM GV82; Beazley 5807; LIMC Pasiphae 32)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora attributed to the Light-Make Class (Monash 127.012)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Column Krater attributed to the Leagros Group (VUW 2006.1)βπ¨ Fragments of Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora (RD Milns 85.2740; Beazley 23188)βπ¨ Fragments of Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora (RD Milns 85.690; Beazley 23190)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di Primigenia IX 8, 8, Pompeii (PALP r9-i8-p8-space-1)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa degli Amanti I 10, 10.11, Pompeii (PALP r1-i10-p11-space-8)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa della Fortuna IX 7, 20, Pompeii (PALP r9-i7-p20-space-l)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa della Fortuna IX 7, 20, Pompeii (PALP r9-i7-p20-space-i)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Citarista I 4, 5.25, Pompeii (MANN 11283; PALP r1-i4-p5-space-19)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Citarista I 4, 5.25, Pompeii (MANN 9111, 9286; PALP r1-i4-p5-space-35)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Sacello Iliaco I 6, 4, Pompeii (PALP r1-i6-p4-space-q)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Quattro Stili I 8, 17, Pompeii (PALP r1-i8-p17-space-16)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Cubicoli Floreali I 9, 5, Pompeii (PALP r1-i9-p5-space-8)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa degli Epigrammi V 1, 18, Pompeii (PALP r5-i1-p18-space-o)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa degli Epigrammi V 1, 18, Pompeii (PALP r5-i1-p18-space-y)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di L. Caecilius Iucundus V I, 23.26, Pompeii (MANN 115396; LIMC Ariadne 66; PALP r5-i1-p26-space-o)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa della Regina Margherita V 2, 1, Pompeii (PALP r5-i2-p1-space-r)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling V 3, 11, Pompeii (PALP r5-i3-p11-space-I)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa della Soffita V 3, 4, Pompeii ( 20553; PALP r5-i3-p4-space-o)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling V 4, 3, Pompeii (PALP r5-i4-p3-space-d)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Naviglio VI 10, 11, Pompeii (MANN 9202; PALP r6-i10-p11-space-24)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Forno di Ferro VI 13, 6, Pompeii (PALP r6-i13-p6-space-7)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di Vesonius Primus VI 14, 20, Pompeii (PALP r6-i14-p20-space-e)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa degli Scienziati VI 14, 43, Pompeii (PALP r6-i14-p43-space-11)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-d)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-e)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-p)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-q)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dellβAra Massima VI 16, 15.17, Pompeii (PALP r6-i16-p15-space-g)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa delle Amazzoni VI 2, 14, Pompeii (PALP r6-i2-p14-space-11)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di Nettuno VI 5, 3, Pompeii (PALP r6-i5-p3-space-3)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di Meleagro VI 9, 2.13, Pompeii (MANN 8873, 9051, 9534, 9255; PALP r6-i9-p2-space-16)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di Meleagro VI 9, 2.13, Pompeii (PALP r6-i9-p2-space-24)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa della Caccia Nuova VII 10, 3.14, Pompeii (PALP r7-i10-p3-space-o)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di L. Cornelius Diadumenus VII 12, 26, Pompeii (MANN 111437, 111441; PALP r7-i12-p26-space-h)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa della Caccia Antica VII 4, 48, Pompeii (MANN 8979, 9048; PALP r7-i4-p48-space-10)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Epidius Sabinus IX 1, 22.29, Pompeii (PALP r9-i1-p22-space-tprime)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 2, 19-21, Pompeii (PALP r9-i2-p21-space-d)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Bottega IX 2, 5, Pompeii (PALP r9-i2-p5-space-c)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa e Panificio di Papirius Sabinus IX 3, 19-20, Pompeii (PALP r9-i3-p19-space-e)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 5, 14-16, Pompeii (PALP r9-i5-p14-space-e)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 5, 14-16, Pompeii (MANN 111480, 111481, 111483; PALP r9-i5-p14-space-f)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 5, 14-16, Pompeii (PALP r9-i5-p14-space-g)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di Achille IX 5, 1-3, Pompeii (PALP r9-i5-p2-space-c)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di Achille IX 5, 1-3, Pompeii (PALP r9-i5-p2-space-f)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 6, d-e, Pompeii (PALP r9-i6-pe-space-c)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 9, d, Pompeii (PALP r9-i9-pd-space-l)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Primo Piano I 11, 15.9, Pompeii (PALP r1-i11-p15-space-14)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Caupona di Sotericus I 12, 3, Pompeii (PALP r1-i12-p3-space-3)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Lucretius Fronto V 4, a, Pompeii (PALP r5-i4-pa-space-5)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Lucretius Fronto V 4, a, Pompeii (PALP r5-i4-pa-space-7)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos attributed to the Group of the Haimon Painter (Te Papa C29; Beazley 6737)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Pelike attributed to the Painter of Athens 1183 (Benaki 32942)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Bell Krater attributed to the Painter of Athens 14627 (Benaki 31119)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater attributed to the Retorted Painter (Benaki 31618)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater attributed to the Retorted Painter (Benaki 31617)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater attributed to the L.C. Group (Benaki 38368)βπ¨ Boiotian Red-Figure Bell Krater attributed to an imitator of the Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy (Benaki 38554)βπ¨ Boiotian Red-Figure Bell Krater (Benaki 38369)βπ¨ Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater attributed to the Dinos Painter (Benaki 43847; Beazley 9032717)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Criptoportico I 6, 2, Pompeii (PALP r1-i6-p2-space-22)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Postumii VIII 4, 4.49, Pompeii (PALP r8-i4-p4-space-14)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Capitelli Colorati VII 4, 31.51, Pompeii (MANN 9052; PALP r7-i4-p31-space-33)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Postumii VIII 4, 4.49, Pompeii (PALP r8-i4-p4-space-31)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Capitelli Colorati VII 4, 31.51, Pompeii (PALP r7-i4-p31-space-28)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Capitelli Colorati VII 4, 31.51, Pompeii (MANN 9278, 9357; PALP r7-i4-p31-space-24)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Gallo VIII 5, 2.5, Pompeii (PALP r8-i5-p2-space-z)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Banchiere VII 14, 5, Pompeii (PALP r7-i14-p5-space-26)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Fabius Rufus VII 16, 22, Pompeii (LIMC Apollo 421; PALP r7-i16-p22-space-62)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Oinochoe (Thessaloniki 7611; Beazley 1003132)βπ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 90.12a-b; ASR III, no. 425, pl. 133)βπ¨ Mosaics from Terrace House 2, Residential Unit 2, Ephesos ( SR 22/23)βπ¨ Boiotian Red-Figure Calyx Krater attributed to (imitator of) the Upsala Painter (NAM 27988)βπ¨ Wall painting from Herculaneum (MANN 9284)βπ¨ Wall painting from Herculaneum (BM 1867,0508.1358)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Capitelli Colorati VII 4, 31.51, Pompeii (PALP r7-i4-p31-space-27)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 2, 19-21, Pompeii (PALP r9-i2-p21-space-f)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling VI 14, 38, Pompeii (PALP r6-i14-p38-space-l)βπ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Vatican 1926; ASR IV. 1, no. 37, pl. 34-6, appendix 10f)βπ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Glyptoteket 843; ASR IV. 2, no. 75, pl. 85-8. 91)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Amphora attributed to circle of the Antimenes Painter (Rhodes 11335)βπ¨ Attic Black-Figure Olpe attributed to (near the) Painter of the Vatican G.49 (Rhodes 13354)βπ¨ Glass Relief from Casa di Fabio Rufo, Pompeii (MANN 153651)βπ¨ Volcanic Pediment Relief from the Temple of Dionysos near Pompeii (Pompeii n/a)βπ¨ Wall paintings from a House in the Via Graziosa, Rome (Vatican 41013, 41016, 41024, 41026)βπ¨ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Glyptoteket 778; ASR IV. 2, no. 75, pl. 85-91)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Poeta Tragico VI 8, 3.5, Pompeii (PALP r6-i8-p5-space-14)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Poeta Tragico VI 8, 3.5, Pompeii (PALP r6-i8-p5-space-15)βπ¨ Wall Paintings from Casa del Gallo VIII 5, 2.5, Pompeii (PALP r8-i5-p2)βπ¨ Wall Painting from Pompeii (MANN 9271)βπ¨ Wall Painting from Casa del Bracciale d'Oro VI 17, 42, Pompeii (Pompeii 41658)βπ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1643)βπ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1912; LIMC Achilleus 377)βπ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1888)βπ¨ Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B112)βπ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B987; LIMC Achilleus 377)βπ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1803; LIMC Achilleus 377)βπ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B161)βπ¨ Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B2198)
- Reported depictions
- π¨ Wooden Chest of Cypselos (LIMC Achilleus 205)βπ¨ Wall Painting of Dionysos and Ariadne in the Sanctuary of Dionysos, Athens (LIMC Dionysos 777)βπ¨ Wall Painting of Odysseus in the Underworld in the Lesche of the Cnidians, Delphi, by Polygnotos (LIMC Nekyia 6)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from of
- π Naxos (island)