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Ariadne is the name of a planet in the Xenosaga video game series. Ariadne is a major character in the BBC series Atlantis (2013), which is loosely based on Greek myths. Played by Aiysha Hart, she falls in love with Jason and helps him conquer the Minotaur and escape the labyrinth. Later, her stepmother Pasiphae tries to prevent their union.
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur [b] (Ancient Greek: Μινώταυρος, Mīnṓtauros), also known as Asterion, is a mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man [4] (p 34) or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull".
In Greek mythology, Minos (/ˈmaɪnɒs, -nəs/; Greek: Μίνως, [mǐːnɔːs]) was a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus's creation, the labyrinth, to be eaten by the Minotaur.
Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls. Others, like Eleuthia, have never cracked the top 1,000 list of boys ’ or girl s’ names in ...
Category: Greek feminine given names. 10 languages. ... Callisto (mythology) Carissa (name) Cassandra (name) Chara (given name) Charikleia; Chloe; Christa (given name)
In Greek mythology, the people of Athens were at one point compelled by King Minos of Crete to choose fourteen young noble citizens (seven young men and seven young women) to be offered as sacrificial victims to the half-human, half-taurine monster Minotaur to be killed in retribution for the death of Minos' son Androgeos.
Asterion or Asterius, name of the Minotaur. [7] Asterion, son of Zeus and Idaea, a daughter of Minos. [8] Asterius, son of Minos and Androgenia, a girl from the Cretan city of Phaistos. He was the commander of Cretans who joined the god Dionysus in his Indian War.
Admete (mythology) Adraste; Aea (mythology) Aegea; Aegiale (wife of Diomedes) Aegleis; Aenete; Aesyle (mythology) Aethra (mythology) Aglaope (mythology) Alalcomenia; Alcaea; Alcimache; Alcimede (Greek myth) Alcimede (mother of Jason) Alcyone (daughter of Sciron) Alcyonides; Alexida; Alexirrhoe; Alistra (mythology) Alope; Alphesiboea; Alphito ...