Ariadne (disambiguation)
Appearance
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Ariadne was a figure in Greek mythology.
Ariadne may also refer to:
People and characters
[edit]Persons
[edit]- Ariadne (empress), a Byzantine Empress from the late 5th century
- Ariadne of Phrygia, Christian saint
- Ariadne Getty (born 1962), American philanthropist
- Ariadne Welter (1930–1998), Mexican actress
Fictional characters
[edit]- Ariadne Oliver, a fictional character in the novels of Agatha Christie
- Ariadne the spider, a character in the British children's animated TV series Creepy Crawlies
- Ariadne, a character in the film Inception
- Ariadne, a character in the Korean manhwa Ares
- Ariadne, a character from British TV series Atlantis
Places
[edit]- 43 Ariadne, the second-largest member of the Flora asteroid family
- Ariadne family, the Ariadnes, the asteroid family that 43 Ariadne belongs to, also called the Flora family
- Ariadnes Colles (Ariadne Hills), Eridania, Mars; a range of hills on planet Mars
- Lacus Ariadnes (Lake Ariadne), a basin of Eridania Lake, a lakebed on planet Mars; see Lakes on Mars
- Ariadne (crater), a crater on Venus
Arts, entertainment, media
[edit]- Sleeping Ariadne, a Roman sculpture in the Vatican Museums
- Ariadne (Giorgio de Chirico painting), an 1813 painting by Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico
- Ariadne: A Social Art Network, a collaborative art group founded by Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz-Starus
- "Ariadne", an episode of the 2019 TV series Russian Doll
Literature
[edit]- Ariadne (archive), the department of the Austrian National Library devoted to women's and gender studies
- Ariadne (poem), a 1932 epic by F. L. Lucas
- Ariadne (short story), a 1895 story by Anton Chekhov
- Ariadne (web magazine), an Information Sciences journal published by Loughborough University
Music
[edit]- Ariadne (EP), a 2004 extended play released by The Clientele
- Ariadne musica, a collection of organ music by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
Stage
[edit]- Ariadne (ballet), 1878, with Marius Petipa and Julius Reisinger
- Ariadne auf Naxos, 1912 opera by Richard Strauss
Taxonomy
[edit]- Ariadne (butterfly), a genus of nymphalid butterflies
- Ariadne ariadne (A. ariadne), a species of butterfly
- Ariadne, a genus of flowering plants, synonym of Mazaea
- Scinax ariadne, a species of frog endemic to Brazil
Transport and vehicular
[edit]- GWR Ariadne Class, a broad gauge 0-6-0 steam locomotive class from Great Western Railroad
- Ariadne (ship), the name of several ships
- HMS Ariadne, a British Royal Navy shipname and list of ships with that name
- Ariadne-class corvette, a German Imperial Navy class of steam screw corvette
- Ariadne-class frigate, a British Royal Navy class of sail frigate; see List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy
Other uses
[edit]- Ariadne (drug) (also stylized ARIADNE), a psychoactive drug
- Ariadne (software) (also stylized ARIADNE), an Educational Content Management System
- Ariadne Labs, a U.S. health systems development center
- Ariadnet (Ariadne Network), Programme Ariadne, a Greek research computer network
- Ariadne's thread (logic), an algorithm in puzzle-solving
- Ariadne, name in Greece for the January 2017 European cold wave
See also
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