King
Minos
Μίνως
Overview
King of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa, and judge of the dead in later tradition.
Generation
Heroic Age
Related Myths
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Minos and Sarpedon
Cretan king and rival of Sarpedon -
Pasiphaë and the Cretan Bull
King whose failure to sacrifice the bull triggers the crisis -
The Death of Androgeus
Father who demands vengeance from Athens -
Theseus and the Minotaur
King of Crete -
Daedalus and Icarus
Cretan king whose control prompts the escape -
The Death of Minos
Cretan king killed while pursuing Daedalus -
Heracles and the Cretan Bull
King of Crete associated with the bull