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'''Minos''' was an ancient [[king]] of [[Crete]], celebrated for his administration of justice; was fabled to have been appointed, along with Æacus and Rhadamanthus, one of the judges of the dead on their descent into the [[Hades|netherworld]]. | '''Minos''' was an ancient [[king]] of [[Crete]], celebrated for his administration of justice; was fabled to have been appointed, along with Æacus and Rhadamanthus, one of the judges of the dead on their descent into the [[Hades|netherworld]]. | ||
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| + | He was the son of [[Zeus]] and [[Europa]]. After his birth, his mother married Asterius, the King of Crete. After the death of his stepfather, he quarrelled with his two brothers Rhadamanthus and Sarpedon over the kingship and eventually banished both of them. He married Pasiphae, daughter of the [[Sun]] and had four sons with her, Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus and Androgeus as well as four daughters, Acalle, Xenodice, Ariadne and Phaedra. He asked [[Poseidon]] to send him a bull so that he could sacrifice it to concecrate his kingship. Poseidon granted his prayer but Minos kept the bull and sacrificed another one instead. Poseidon then made the bull wild and Pasiphae fell in love with it. She had Daedalus construct a hollow wooden cow on wheels, then approached the bull inside it and mated with it, giving birth to the [[Minotaur]]. Minos ordered Daedalus to construct a labyrinth and imprisoned the Minotaur inside it. | ||
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Revision as of 20:36, May 6, 2009
Minos was an ancient king of Crete, celebrated for his administration of justice; was fabled to have been appointed, along with Æacus and Rhadamanthus, one of the judges of the dead on their descent into the netherworld.
He was the son of Zeus and Europa. After his birth, his mother married Asterius, the King of Crete. After the death of his stepfather, he quarrelled with his two brothers Rhadamanthus and Sarpedon over the kingship and eventually banished both of them. He married Pasiphae, daughter of the Sun and had four sons with her, Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus and Androgeus as well as four daughters, Acalle, Xenodice, Ariadne and Phaedra. He asked Poseidon to send him a bull so that he could sacrifice it to concecrate his kingship. Poseidon granted his prayer but Minos kept the bull and sacrificed another one instead. Poseidon then made the bull wild and Pasiphae fell in love with it. She had Daedalus construct a hollow wooden cow on wheels, then approached the bull inside it and mated with it, giving birth to the Minotaur. Minos ordered Daedalus to construct a labyrinth and imprisoned the Minotaur inside it.
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