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noun • son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld | ||||||||
| 35% | 7 | Her story is the basis for the opera 'Ariadne auf Naxos' | ||||||
noun • beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; she fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth | ||||||||
| 35% | 7 | Famous for his operas 'Die Frau ohne Schatten' and 'Ariadne auf Naxos' | ||||||
noun • German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949) • Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899) • Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849) | ||||||||
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