In Greco-Roman mythology, who became the wife of Dionysus?
According to the myth, a son of King Minos died during some games held in Athens. In retribution, Minos attacked Athens and won. He then imposed a heavy burden on the city, demanding that seven young men and seven young women be sent to Crete every year in order to be sent for sacrifice into the Labyrinth underneath Minos' palace, where the Minotaur dwelt. The Minotaur was a half-bull, half-human creature born from the union of a bull with Pasiphae, Minos' wife.
One year, with another batch of fourteen young people of Athens bound for Crete, Theseus, son of King Aegeus of Athens, volunteered to be sent in order to kill the Minotaur and end the sacrifices for good.
When the Athenian contingent arrived in Crete, Ariadne, a daughter of Minos, fell in love with Theseus and helped him in his quest. She gave him a sword to fight the Minotaur, as well as a ball of thread; she advised him to tie one end near the entrance of the labyrinth and let the thread unroll as he delves deeper into the twisting and branching paths. Theseus found the Minotaur and killed it, then followed the thread back to the entrance, where Ariadne was waiting. She then eloped with him on his way back to Athens.
Inexplicably, Theseus would just abandon Ariadne on the island of Naxos, where Dionysus (Bacchus), god of fertility and wine, would spot her and be enthralled with her enough to marry her.
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