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	Minos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, Minos was a legendary king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa.
		In Attic tradition and on the Athenian stage Minos is a cruel tyrant, the heartless exactor of the tribute of Athenian youths to feed the Minotaur.
		It is to this Minos ('Minos II') that we owe the myths of Theseus, Pasiphaë, the Minotaur, Daedalus, Glaucus, and Nisus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minos (2038 words)

	Minos 2, Greek Mythology Link.
		Minos 2 is said to have fallen in love with Britomartis, daughter of Zeus and Carme (daughter of Eubulus, son of Carmanor).
		Tectamus' son Asterius 3 married Europa and became king, being succeeded in the throne by Minos 1, son of Zeus and Europa.
		Minos 1 is the son of Zeus and Europa.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Minos2.html (1876 words)

	Minos
		The legendary king of Crete, son of Zeus and the Phoenician princess Europa.
		Minos and his two brothers, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon, were raised in the royal palace of Cnossus.
		Minos then attacked Athens to avenge the death of Androgeos, and, after gaining control of the city he granted Athens peace, but with one condition: that every nine years Athens should send seven of their finest young men and young maidens to Crete, as sacrifice to the Minotaur.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/m/minos.html (555 words)

	Minoan Crete
		Minos was the son of the god Zeus and Europa, the daughter of King Agenor of Sidon.
		Minos married Pasiphaë;, the daughter of the sun-god Helios and the Oceanid Perse.
		Minos was the father of four sons, Androgeus, Catreus, Deucalion and Glaucus, and of four daughters, Acacallis (Acalle), Xenodice, Ariadne and Phaedra.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/crete.html (3877 words)

	~~Lithien's Labyrinth Link to Knossos~~
		The centre of Minoan civilization was Knossos, and archeological excavations carried on by Arthur Evans have revealed the actual palace of King Minos with its court and the throne room, in which the throne of Minos was discovered, the oldest throne in Europe.
		Minos was of divine origin, sired by the king of the gods himself, Zeus.
		Minos was one of her three sons by Zeus.
	members.tripod.com /~lithien/6pixiedust.html (602 words)

	Myths of the Minotaur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This is paradoxical because it depicts Minos as the noble king with divine authority to rule, and yet Minos is portrayed as an evil man who schemed to trick the god, Poseidon.
		Minos, the child of Zeus and Europa, asserted his right as ruler, but faced opposition as he was not the true child of Asterius (Apollod.
		Minos assented, although it meant losing this stronghold over Athens, and he was thus able to personally retrieve Androgeus from the underworld.
	www.angelfire.com /tx2/knippress/minotaur.html (1220 words)

	The story of the Minotaur
		Minos was king of Crete, and the first ruler to control the Mediterranean Sea, which he ridded of pirates..
		King Aegeus knew that Androgeus was in contact with his internal enemies, the sons of Pallas, and was afraid that he might persuade his father, Minos, to intervene on their behalf.
		Meanwhile, back in Crete, Minos finally discovered who had aided Pasiphaë in her debauchery, and for a brief time Daedalus and his son, Icarus, were imprisoned in the Labyrinth as well.
	www.minotaur-websites.com /minomyth.htm (1997 words)

	Aegeus 1, Greek Mythology Link.
		King Minos 2 had at the time a powerful fleet at his disposal and, being master of the sea, he attacked not only Athens but also Megara, which was ruled by Aegeus 1's brother Nisus 1.
		Minos 2 captured Megara, but he could not take Athens, which instead was visited by famine and pestilence.
		According to some, she was banished from Athens because the priestess of Artemis told the king that she could not perform sacrifices in the proper way because there was a woman in the city who was a sorceress and a criminal.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Aegeus1.html (1730 words)

	Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Minos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		King of Crete whose insult to the gods eventuated in the birth of the Minotaur.
		King Minos did a number of things which - one would have thought - disqualified him for a distinguished career in the afterlife.
		According to the Athenians, Minos was a supremely wicked king.
	www.mythweb.com /encyc/entries/minos.html (280 words)

	King Minos
		Minos was a semi-legendary king of Crete and son of Zeus and Europa.
		To reconcile the contradictory aspects of his character, two kings of the name of Minos were assumed by later poets and mythologists.
		The earlier legend portrays Minos as a beneficent ruler, legislator, and suppressor of piracy.
	www.theriverstyx.net /minos.shtml (369 words)

	Minotaur- Monster? Or Victim? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Born out of an affront to the gods, a shameful reminder of King Minos' greed and ingratitude, from birth the Minotaur was locked away in an impenetrable labyrinth, condemned to an exsistence of darkness and brutality.
		Minos was only one of many contenders for the throne of Crete, each with their own army.
		King Minos' own daughter Ariadne fell in love with the brave Athenian, and supplied him with a ball of string (to negotiate the Labrynth) and in some accounts, a sword.
	home.earthlink.net /~bronzedragon/id17.html (425 words)

	Minatour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Minotaur was the result of the unnatural union of Pasiphae, the queen of King Minos of Crete, and a bull.
		King Minos coveted this bull and substituted an inferior bull for it.
		King Minos, to hide his shame, had Daedalus, his engineer, build a huge maze called the labyrinth to hide the infant monster.
	www2.netdoor.com /~tlothian/ABC's/AbcMinotaur.htm (503 words)

	GNTO-Greek Islands-Crete-History & Culture
		To his aid came Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos, who was in love with him and offered her help; in return, Theseus would have to marry her and take her home to Athens.
		Minos replaced Asterios, the fromer King of Crete and husband of Europe, and became one of the most powerful rulers of the island, ever.
		Minos legislation was so fair, that he was later appointed superior judge in Ades, judging the sins of the dead.
	www.hri.org /infoxenios/english/crete/history.html (4541 words)

	Search Results for "Minos"
		Minos, (mi´nos, -ns) (KEY), in Greek mythology, king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa.
		...Greek Mythology 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 had sent his son to Athens to make peace and friendship between his kingdom and the kingdom...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Minos (320 words)

	Knossos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		He was fed by nature a diet of honey and goat’s milk, was tended by a group of nymphs, and was guarded by an army of youths against his father, Cronis, whose reign was threatened by Zeus’ existence.
		When Minos heard about the death of his son, he was enraged and he deployed the mighty Cretan fleet.
		King Minos threw them into a labyrinth where they were sacrificed to his fierce, bovine monster, the Minotaur.
	www.angelfire.com /mn/RachelFrisk/Knossospaper.html (1136 words)

	Minos. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Because Minos failed to sacrifice a beautiful white bull to Poseidon, the god caused Pasiphaë; to conceive a lustful passion for the animal, by whom she bore the Minotaur, a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man. The craftsman Daedalus constructed the labyrinth in which the monster was confined.
		Minos became the most prosperous king of the Mediterranean area, renowned as much for his justness as his power.
		Minos was presumably the name or title of an ancient Cretan king.
	www.bartleby.com /65/mi/Minos.html (229 words)

	Part III. The Heroes of the Quest. Chapter III. Theseus and the Minotaur. II. Colum, Padraic. 1921. The Golden Fleece ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		But the people of Athens slew the son of King Minos, and because Ægeus had not given him the protection that a king should have given a stranger come upon such an errand he was deemed to have some part in the guilt of his slaying.
		Minos, the great king, was wroth, and he made war on Athens, wreaking great destruction upon the country and the people.
		Youths and maidens had been sent, and for the third time the messengers of King Minos were coming to Athens.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/72/33.html (783 words)

	Minoan Palace
		King Minos' son, Androgeus, according to the myth, was a strong, athletic youth.
		King Minos threw them into a labyrinth where they were sacrificed to the Minotaur.
		Theseus, the Athenian King’s son, volunteered to be one of the seven sacrificial young men with the intention of killing the Minotaur and ending the suffering of Athens.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/aegean/pre-greece/minoan/minoan.html (1077 words)

	Expanded Heroic Age Timeline
		The Sphinx is sent to punish the city, and when King Laius travels to Delphi to discover the will of the gods, he is waylaid and killed by a stranger on the road.
		King Minos vows to teach the mainland respect for renewed Cretan power.
		Minos punishes Athens specifically by demanding a tribute of youths and maidens, to be delivered every nine years.
	members.aol.com /JFZeigler/heroline.htm (3768 words)

	Greek Spider - Your guide to Greece and Cyprus!
		Before King Minos was king of Crete he asked the god Poseidon for a sign indicating that he would become ruler of the island.
		King Minos promised Poseidon that if a bull was brought forth from the sea he would sacrifice the bull to the honor of the gods.
		Athens owed the tax to King Minos as a result of an accidental death perpetrated by the King of Athens Aegeus on one of King Minos's children.
	www.greekspider.com /greek_myth/minotaur.htm (1023 words)

	Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Daedalus
		Because of this homicide, he fled his native Athens for the court of King Minos on the island of Crete.
		Naturally Minos had placed this under heavy guard, knowing that if anyone could negotiate the twisting passages to the exit it was the creator of the Labyrinth himself.
		The king was quite confident that his prisoner would not be leaping to his freedom.
	www.mythweb.com /encyc/gallery/daedalus_c.html (933 words)

	Adiadne Sample \| TeachUP
		The truth was, Minos was a greedy man with a terrible temper, and, if he was not happy, it was his own fault.
		King Minos had done something very foolish: He had cheated Poseidon, the Earth-Shaker, the mighty god of the sea.
		And so, when the queen gave birth to the second son of Minos, the midwife and nurses ran screaming from the room, for the creature had the body of a man, and the head, hooves and tail of a bull.
	www.poststar.com /nie/teachup/ariadne/chap2.html (905 words)

	Minos - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Minos, in Greek mythology, legendary ruler of Crete (Kríti).
		Some ancient writers identified several kings by his name, especially Minos the Elder...
		- king of Crete: in Greek mythology, the king of Crete and the son of Zeus, who kept a monster the Minotaur in a labyrinth
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Minos.html (95 words)

	Chulucanaceramics
		According to mythology, the tale of the Minotaur begins with Minos, the king of Crete.
		This bull was meant to be a sacrifice, however Minos valued the animal too much to use it as a sacrificial animal.
		King Minos then hid this horrible creature in a vast maze or labyrinth.
	chulucanaceramics.com /menotauro.htm (411 words)

	EN_206_Theseus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Presumably, in the interim, a substitute sacred king reigned and was sacrificed.
		A king's position was tenuous, because many contenders for the throne claimed legal right by birth to this position of power and honor.
		Minos' daughter Ariadne was among the spectators and she fell in love with Theseus at first sight as he marched past her.
	www.comfsm.fm /~crgood/Mythology/EN206_Theseus.htm (4168 words)

	MrDonn.org - Theseus and the Minotaur (Greek Minoan myth)
		Whenever King Minos was bored, he took his navy and attacked Athens, a town on the other side of the sea.
		King Minos knew his people would much prefer he fed his monster Athenian children as a treat, rather than the children of Crete.
		The king told them that they would not be eaten until the next day, and to feel free to enjoy themselves in the palace in the meantime.
	greece.mrdonn.org /theseus.html (749 words)

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