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Ariadne

Ariadne

A Novel

by Jennifer Saint

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appears in Mythology and Greek Mythology.

As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur Minos's greatest shame and Ariadne's brother demands blood every year.When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives in Crete as a sacrifice t...

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appears in Mythology and Greek Mythology.

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