... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > gods ~ classical mythology > gods of the earth and fertility ~ life in mountains and woods > (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber > love-affairs of Bacchus ~ females > (story of) Ariadne and Bacchus > Bacchus finds Ariadne on Naxos > Bacchus puts a starry crown on Ariadne's head or throws it up in the sky, where it becomes a constellation