Minos was married to the goddess Pasiphae and together they had many children, including Ariadne, Phaedra, Galucus, and Androgeus.
The Legendary Cretan Labyrinth Cave: Inspiration for the Story of King Minos and the Labyrinth of the Minotaur?.
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King Minos-as well as the citizens of Crete-was impressed, and because the bull was so beautiful, Minos set it free and sacrificed a lesser bull. Poseidon listened to his request and sent a beautiful white bull from the sea. Sarpedon questioned his brother’s authority, but Minos said that it was the will of the gods for him to become king.Īs proof, he sacrificed a bull to the god Poseidon and then asked the god to send a new bull for the same purpose. When their step-father, King Asterion, died, Minos declared himself king and appointed his brother Sarpedon as lawmaker of all the islands. In Greek mythology, King Minos was one of the three sons born to Zeus and Europa. How Human Greed and Godly Wrath Created the Minotaur Motifs of bulls and mazes have been discovered on the Mediterranean island, the last vestiges of the ancient Minoan culture, while the legend has evolved over the centuries in both Greek and Roman cultural manifestations. The story of the bestial Minotaur trapped in a labyrinth created for him by his horrified stepfather, King Minos of Crete, dining on human flesh in his underground prison, has enthralled for generations. One of the most intriguing myths of ancient Greece is that of the Minotaur on the island of Crete, the bull-headed human-animal hybrid of Greek mythology.
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