<P> In Hesiod and most other accounts , Theseus abandoned Ariadne sleeping on Naxos , and Dionysus rediscovered and wedded her . In a few versions of the myth , Dionysus appeared to Theseus as they sailed away from Crete , saying that he had chosen Ariadne as his wife and demanding that Theseus leave her on Naxos for him ; this has the effect of absolving the Athenian culture - hero of desertion . The vase - painters of Athens often showed Athena leading Theseus from the sleeping Ariadne to his ship . </P>
<P> In Hesiod and most other accounts , Theseus abandoned Ariadne sleeping on Naxos , and Dionysus rediscovered and wedded her . In a few versions of the myth , Dionysus appeared to Theseus as they sailed away from Crete , saying that he had chosen Ariadne as his wife and demanding that Theseus leave her on Naxos for him ; this has the effect of absolving the Athenian culture - hero of desertion . The vase - painters of Athens often showed Athena leading Theseus from the sleeping Ariadne to his ship . </P>
who did dionysus rescue from the island of naxos
who did dionysus rescue from the island of naxos
Ariadne
Ariadne