What happened after Ariadne helped Theseus slay the Minotaur by giving him a sword and a spindle of thread?
a) Theseus abandoned her on the island of Naxos, where she married Dionysos.
b) Theseus married her to become the king of Crete.
c) Angered by her complicity in killing the Minotaur, Poseidon enacted revenge by drowning Ariadne.
d) Ariadne tricked Theseus, delivering him as a captive to her father, King Minos.
Answer: a
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