In Greek mythology, Minos was a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made King Aegeus pick … See more

By his wife, Pasiphaë (or some say Crete), and daughter of the Sun (Helios), and mother of the Minotaur. He fathered Ariadne, Androgeus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Glaucus, Catreus, Acacallis, and Xenodice. By a … See more

Asterion, king of Crete, adopted the three sons of Zeus and Europa: Minos, Sarpedon, and Rhadamanthus. According to the Odyssey (Book XIX l. 203, as interpreted by Plato in Laws 624), Minos consulted … See more

On Cretan coins, Minos is represented as bearded, wearing a diadem, curly-haired, haughty, and dignified, like the traditional portraits of his reputed father, Zeus. He frequently occurs on painted vases and sarcophag… See more

Minor planet 6239 Minos is named after Minos. Its orbit being relatively close to Earth's, it is deemed as a potentially hazardous asteroid. See more

• Minos, a dialogue attributed to Plato
• Menes a pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period of ancient Egypt
• Chinvat Bridge, the bridge of the dead in Persian cosmology… See more

1. ^ Williams, Bernard. "What Was Wrong with Minos? Thucydides and Historical Time." Representations 74, no. 1 (2001): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1525/rep.2001.74.1.1.
2. ^ Homer, Iliad … See more