Minos

Also known as Minos II

250 px|thumb|Gustave Doré's illustration of King Minos for [[Dante Alighieri's Inferno]] thumb|Mural of Minos at the National and Kapodistrain University of Athens

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Minos is a figure from ancient Greek mythology, most famously known as a king of Crete who appears in stories about the Minotaur and the labyrinth. He remains culturally significant as a symbol of authority and judgment in classical literature, including Dante's Inferno, and continues to be depicted in modern artistic and academic representations.

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name in native language: Μίνως

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Literary Minos
Later rationalization
Family
Mythological Minos
Glaucus
Poseidon, Daedalus and Pasiphaë
Theseus
Nisus
Death
Minos in art
In poetry
Astronomy
See also
Notes
References
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250 px|thumb|Gustave Doré's illustration of King Minos for [[Dante Alighieri's Inferno]] thumb|Mural of Minos at the National and Kapodistrain University of Athens

In Greek mythology, Minos (/ˈmaɪnɒs, -nəs/ ; , [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 his death, King Minos became a judge of the dead in the underworld alongside Rhadamanthus and Aeacus.