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noun - son of Zeus and Europa
A king of Crete, the son of Zeus and Europa, who was made one of the three judges in the underworld after his death.
MINOS - In Greek mythology, Minos (; Greek: , Mins) was the first King of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made King Aegeus pick seven you...
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| Racine wrote a racy tragedy about Phaedra, a daughter of this king of Crete |
| This king of Crete was Phaedra's father |
| Phaedra who fell in love with her stepson Hippolytus, was the daughter of this king of Crete |
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| son of Zeus and Europa king of ancient Crete ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth after death Minos became a judge in the underworld |
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In Greek mythology, Minos (; Greek: , Mins) was the first King of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus's creation, the labyrinth, to be eaten by the Minotaur. After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in the underworld. * The Minoan civilization of Crete has been named after him by the archaeologist Arthur Evans. * By his wife, Pasiphaë (or some say Crete), he fathered Ariadne, Androgeus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Glaucus, Catreus, Acacallis and Xenodice. * By a nymph, Pareia, he had four sons, Eurymedon, Nephalion, Chryses and Philolaus, who were killed by Heracles in revenge for the murder of the latter's two companions. * By Dexithea, one of the Telchines, he had a son called Euxanthius.By Androgeneia of Phaestus he had Asterion, who commanded the Cretan contingent in the war between Dionysus and the Indians. Also given as his children are Euryale, possibly the mother of Orion with Poseid |