Ariadne (Etruscan Areatha ) is paired with Dionysus (Etruscan Fufluns ) on engraved bronze Etruscan bronze mirrorbacks, where the Athenian culture-hero Theseus is absent, and Semele (Etruscan Semla ), as mother of Dionysus, may accompany the pair, lending a particularly Etruscan air of family authority. An inscription from Knossos (home of