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Pasiphae

wife of Minos, mother of Phaedra and Ariadne, from Greek Pasiphae, from pasiphaes "shining for all," from pasi "for all," dative plural of pas, pan "all" (see pan-) + phaos "light" (from PIE root *bha- (1) "to shine").

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Definitions of Pasiphae from WordNet

Pasiphae (n.)
(Greek mythology) daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne;
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