Theseus Ariadne Crown

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Sailing home, Theseus abandons Ariadne asleep on the isle of Naxos. There the god Dionysus finds her, weds her, and casts her bridal crown into the heavens, where its jewels become the stars of the Northern Crown, Corona Borealis. The forsaken princess is given a circlet of stars. — Greek myth