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Ariadne was a Cretan princess in Greek mythology. She is best known for having helped Theseus escape the Minotaur but being abandoned by him on the island of Naxos; subsequently, she became the wife of Dionysus. She bore Dionysus famous children including Oenopion, Staphylus, and Thoas. Her wedding diadem was set in the heavens as the constellation Corona Borealis.

Andromeda

Andromeda is the daughter of the king of Aethiopia, Cepheus, and his wife, Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia boasts that she is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage the coast of Aethiopia as divine punishment. Andromeda is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death by Perseus, who marries her and takes her to Greece to reign as his queen.

Salome, the daughter of Herod II is known from the New Testament, where she is not named, and from an account by Flavius Josephus. In the New Testament Salome danced at the birthday celebration of her stepfather and as reward she demands and receives the head of John the Baptist.

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