Ariadne really woke before Theseus left. The truth is that she packed his bags, and sent him to his ship. She waved goodbye, with relief.
When she woke, she saw he was just a man, who was not smart enough to escape the Minotaur alone. He would never admit that she was the agent of his escape. It was really Ariadne who killed the Minotaur.
She climbs back to her plinth to rest from the exhaustion of catering to his every need, and pretending she was happily submissive.
And so, Ariadne wove a fence around Naxos, so he could not return. The magical properties of her thread were totally unknown to Theseus,
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