Gustave Doré's illustration of King Minos for Dante Alighieri's Inferno
In Greek mythology, Minos (/ˈmaɪnɒs,-nəs/; Greek: Μίνως, Ancient:[mǐːnɔːs]Modern:[ˈminos]) was a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls[1] to be sent to Daedalus's creation, the labyrinth, to be eaten by the Minotaur. After his death,
King Minos became a judge of the dead in the underworld.
Archeologist Sir Arthur Evans used King Minos as the namesake for the Minoan civilization of Crete. The Minoan palace at Knossos is sometimes referred to as the Palace of Minos though there is no evidence that Minos was a real person.
^Jennifer R. March, Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Oxbow Books, 2014[1998], p. 146
In Greek mythology, Minos (/ˈmaɪnɒs, -nəs/; Greek: Μίνως, Ancient: [mǐːnɔːs] Modern: [ˈminos]) was a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine...
far detector). The MINOS experiment started detecting neutrinos from the NuMI beam in February 2005. On 30 March 2006, the MINOS collaboration announced...
Μῑνώταυρος, a compound of the name Μίνως (Minos) and the noun ταῦρος 'bull', translated as '(the) Bull of Minos'. In Crete, the Minotaur was known by the...
ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Minos, after the Minos of Greek mythology. The first HMS Minos (1840) was an early steam vessel, operating...
Mino may refer to: Mino, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture Mino, Kagawa, a former town in Kagawa Prefecture Mino, Tokushima, a town in Tokushima Prefecture...
— Plato's Laws, Book I King Asterius died childless and Minos inherited the throne. When Minos became the king of Crete, he drove Rhadamanthus out of Crete...
controlling share of Minos Matsas & Son, founded by pioneering Greek music industry executive and prominent rebetiko musician Minos Matsas, and relaunched...
wrote that Minos, the legendary king of Knossos, established a thalassocracy (sea empire). Thucydides accepted the tradition and added that Minos cleared...
Icarus were imprisoned by King Minos in the labyrinth that he had built. He could not leave Crete by sea, as King Minos kept a strict watch on all vessels...
Mino ware (美濃焼, Mino-yaki) is a style of Japanese pottery , stoneware, and ceramics that is produced in Mino Province, mainly in the cities of Tajimi,...
Minos Xenophon "Minas" Kyriakou (Greek: Μίνως (Μηνάς) Κυριακού, pronounced [ˌminos (miˌnas) ciriaˈku]; 31 May 1942 – 2 July 2017) was a Greek media and...
Earth, and Venus. "Minos". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. "Minos". Merriam-Webster...
Minoan loanword. Ariadne was the daughter of Minos, the King of Crete and son of Zeus, and of Pasiphaë, Minos' queen and daughter of Helios. Others denominated...
bull who was forged by the god Hephaestus and was given to Minos The Platonic dialogue Minos rationalizes the myth by interpreting it an allegory for the...
Phragmacossia minos is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found on Crete. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phragmacossia minos. Wikispecies...
incurring the wrath of Minos. When King Minos heard what had befallen his son, he ordered the Cretan fleet to set sail for Athens. Minos asked Aegeus for his...
Minos Kalokairinos (Μίνως Καλοκαιρινός, 1843, Heraklion - 1907, Heraklion) was a Cretan Greek businessman and amateur archaeologist known for undertaking...
"Offensivspieler Minos Gouras verstärkt den SV Waldhof" (in German). Waldhof Mannheim. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023. Minos Gouras at kicker (in...
of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, King Minos suspected that Icarus and Daedalus had revealed the...
USS Minos (ARL-14) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Minos (in Greek...
Ospriocerus minos is a species of robber flies (insects in the family Asilidae). "Ospriocerus minos Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System....
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