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Theseus made unscrupulous use of Ariadne (whom he left on an island where Bacchus later found her-I always think that really meant she took to drink, poor girl).

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Diana Wynne Jones
Age: 76 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 16
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Diana Gwyneth Jones
Left
Islands
Found
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Made
Later
Really
Took
Ariadne
Always
Drink
Theseus
Think
Poor
Bacchus
Thinking
Girl
Unscrupulous
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Island

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