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In Greek mythology, Minos (/ˈmaɪnɒs, -nəs/; Greek: Μίνως, [mǐːnɔːs]) 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 to be sent to Daedalus 's creation, the labyrinth , to be eaten by the Minotaur .
After arriving in Crete, Europa had three sons fathered by Zeus: Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Sarpedon, the first two becoming judges of the Underworld, alongside Aeacus of Aegina, when they died. [ 14 ] [ 18 ] In Crete she married Asterion , also rendered Asterius, and became mother (or step-mother) of his daughter Crete .
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach.
Deucalion was the eldest son of Minos either by Pasiphae or Crete and thus grandson of Zeus. He was the brother of Acacallis , Ariadne , Androgeus , Xenodice , Phaedra , Glaucus and Catreus . By Cleopatra , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Deucalion fathered Idomeneus who succeeded him and led the kingdom into the Trojan War .
Rhadamanthus was, according to mythology, the son of Zeus and Europa and brother to Sarpedon and Minos (also a king and later a judge of the dead). [3] Together with his brother, Rhadamanthus was raised by Asterion, their stepfather.
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.
Aeacus was the son of Zeus by Aegina, a daughter of the river-god Asopus, and thus, brother of Damocrateia. [17] In some accounts, his mother was Europa and thus possible full-brother to Minos, Rhadamanthus and Sarpedon. [18] He was the father of Peleus, Telamon and Phocus and was the grandfather of the Trojan war warriors Achilles and ...
Sarpedon, a son of Zeus, who fought on the side of Troy in the Trojan War. Although in the Iliad , he was the son of Zeus and Laodamia , the daughter of Bellerophon , in the later standard tradition, he was the son of Zeus and Europa , and the brother of Minos and Rhadamanthus , while in other accounts the Sarpedon who fought at Troy was the ...