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Unlike Minos I, Minos II fathered numerous children, including Androgeus, Catreus, Deucalion, [12] Ariadne, Phaedra, and Glaucus—all born to him by his wife, Pasiphaë. Through Deucalion, he was the grandfather of King Idomeneus , who led the Cretans to the Trojan War .
In Greek mythology, the people of Athens were at one point compelled by King Minos of Crete to choose fourteen young noble citizens (seven young men and seven young women) to be offered as sacrificial victims to the half-human, half-taurine monster Minotaur to be killed in retribution for the death of Minos' son Androgeos.
Minos instructed Rhadamanthus in parts of his "kingly art", enough for him to guard his laws. Zeus then gave Minos a man called Talos, that while thought to have been a giant robot-like automaton made of bronze, Socrates insists that his nickname of "brazen" was due to him holding bronze tablets where Minos' laws were inscribed. [16]
Ancient drachma from Larissa, around 420 BC, depicting Heracles with the Cretan Bull.Now in the Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland. Minos was king in Crete.In order to confirm his right to rule, rather than any of his brothers, he prayed Poseidon send him a snow-white bull as a sign.
Named after Minos Prime from the video game ULTRAKILL. bacteriophage Mothers against decapentaplegic 1–9, and the associated Daughters against dpp [6] Takes the name from "Mothers against drunk driving" and similar campaigns: Mutations in the gene of the mother cause improper development in the offspring Moron gene
(120 g.) all-purpose flour. 1/2 c. (40 g.) unsweetened cocoa powder. Directions. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 13"-x-9" metal baking pan with cooking spray. Line pan with foil, leaving an ...
The circle of lust introduces Dante's depiction of King Minos, the judge of hell; this portrayal derives from the role of Minos in the Greek underworld in the works of Virgil and Homer. Dante also depicts a number of historical and mythological figures within the second circle, although chief among these are Francesca da Rimini and Paolo ...
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur [b] (Ancient Greek: Μινώταυρος, Mīnṓtauros), also known as Asterion, is a mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man [4] (p 34) or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull".