Cretan Mythology - Kings of Crete, Rhea, Minotaur, Europa, Minos, Amalthea, Pasiphae, Korybantes, Talos, Rhadamanthus, Ariadne, Asterion, Aerope (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Kings of Crete, Rhea, Minotaur, Europa, Minos, Amalthea, Pasiphae, Korybantes, Talos, Rhadamanthus, Ariadne, Asterion, Aerope, Idomeneus, Pandareus, Cocalus, Catreus, Bottiaeans, Talos in popular culture, Dictys Cretensis, Dactyl, Glaucus, Acacallis, Miletus, Androgeos, Carmanor, Lycastus, Bianna, Deucalion of Crete, Atymnius, Orsilochus. Excerpt: In Greek mythology, Minos (Greek: , Min s) was a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every year he made King Aegeus pick 7 men and 7 women to go to Daedalus' creation, the labyrinth, to be eaten by The Minotaur. After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in Hades. The Minoan civilization of pre-Hellene Crete has been named after him by the archaeologist Arthur Evans. By his wife, Pasiphae, he fathered Ariadne, Androgeus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Glaucus, Catreus, Acacallis and Xenodike. By a nymph, Pareia, he had four sons, Eurymedon, Nephalion, Chryses and Philolaus, who were killed by Heracles in revenge for the murder of the latter's two companions; and by Dexithea, one of the Telchines, he had a son Euxanthius. Some say his wife was not Pasiphae, but Crete. Minos, along with his brothers, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon, was raised by king Asterion (or Asterius) of Crete. When Asterion died, his throne was claimed by Minos who banished Sarpedon and, according to some sources, Rhadamanthys too. It is not clear if Minos was a name or a title, the Cretan word for "king," or indeed, to take a euhemerist position, the name of a particular king that was subsequently used as a title. There is a name in Minoan Linear A mi-nu-te that may be related to Minos. According to La Marle's reading of Linear A, we should read mwi-nu ro-ja (Minos the king) on a Linear A tablet. The royal title ro-ja is read on several documents, including on stone libation tables from the sanctuaries, whe...