Note to A Midsummer's Night Dream, 2.1.80: "With Ariadne and Antiopa?"


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Act 2, Scene 1, Line 80.
Ariadne: daughter of Minos, king of Crete. Having slain the Minotaur with her aid, Theseus fled Crete with her, but abandoned her on the voyage back to Athens. Antiopa: an Amazon queen captured by Theseus. Hippolyta, about to be married to Theseus, is a different Amazon queen.
Theseus with Antiopa
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