Minos

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figure in Greek mythology mythological king

Minos is a legendary king of Crete in Greek mythology, famed for commissioning the Labyrinth and serving as a judge of the dead in the underworld.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
King Minos 4
King Minos of Crete 1
king of Crete 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ
associatedEvent Athenian tribute of youths and maidens ⓘ
associatedMythCycle Europa and the bull ⓘ
Theseus ⓘ
surface form: Theseus and the Minotaur
associatedPlace Knossos ⓘ
associatedWith Labyrinth ⓘ
Minotaur ⓘ
associatedWithHero Daedalus ⓘ
Theseus ⓘ
commissionedWork Labyrinth ⓘ
country Crete ⓘ
culture Greek mythology ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greek mythology
demandedTributeFrom Athens ⓘ
employerOf Daedalus ⓘ
enemy Athens ⓘ
epithet Cretan king ⓘ
son of Zeus ⓘ
father Zeus ⓘ
imprisonedIn Labyrinth ⓘ
judgeOfSoulsWith Rhadamanthus ⓘ
surface form: Aeacus

Rhadamanthus ⓘ
keptPrisoner Minotaur ⓘ
killedBy daughters of King Cocalus ⓘ
mother Europa ⓘ
mythologicalDeathPlace Sicily ⓘ
offspring Acacallis ⓘ
Androgeus ⓘ
Ariadne ⓘ
Catreus ⓘ
Deucalion (son of Minos) ⓘ
Glaucus (son of Minos) ⓘ
Phaedra ⓘ
Xenodice ⓘ
orderedConstructionOf Labyrinth ⓘ
positionHeld Minos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: king of Crete
reasonForTribute death of Androgeus ⓘ
reputation just ruler ⓘ
residenceAfterDeath Underworld ⓘ
role judge of the dead ⓘ
sibling Rhadamanthus ⓘ
Sarpedon ⓘ
sourceText Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses
spouse Pasiphaë ⓘ
timePeriod mythic age ⓘ
worshippedAs lawgiver ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur
this entity surface form: King Minos
Knossos → associatedWith → Minos ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Minos
Zeus → child → Minos ⓘ
Europa → children → Minos ⓘ
subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur
this entity surface form: King Minos
Theseus → enemy → Minos ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Minos of Crete
Ariadne → father → Minos ⓘ
The Last Judgment → hasPart → Minos ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Minos
Minos → positionHeld → Minos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: king of Crete
Apollo → sibling → Minos ⓘ