Minos

Other forms: Minoses

Definitions of Minos
  1. noun
    son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld
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    Greek deity
    a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
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