 Theseus, attempting to secure the ship, was inadvertently swept out to sea, thus being absolved of abandoning Ariadne.The Cypriote women cared for Ariadne, who died in childbirth and was memorialized in a shrine.Theseus, overcome with grief upon his return, left money for sacrifices to Ariadne and ordered two cult images, one of silver and one of bronze, erected.