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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Minos canonical	35
King Minos	18
King Minos of Crete	6
House of Minos	2
King 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 (63)

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

Zeus → child → Minos ⓘ

Apollo → sibling → Minos ⓘ

Minos → positionHeld → Minos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: king of Crete

Theseus → enemy → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos of Crete

Europa → children → Minos ⓘ

Minoan civilization → namedAfter → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

The Last Judgment → hasPart → Minos ⓘ

Knossos → associatedWith → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

labyrinth of the Minotaur → commissionedBy → Minos ⓘ

subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur

this entity surface form: King Minos

labyrinth of the Minotaur → accessControlledBy → Minos ⓘ

subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur

this entity surface form: King Minos

Ariadne → father → Minos ⓘ

Shades in the Underworld → judgedBy → Minos ⓘ

House of Hades → hasJudge → Minos ⓘ

Underworld → judgedBy → Minos ⓘ

Inferno → featuresCharacter → Minos ⓘ

Agenor → notableDescendant → Minos ⓘ

Telephassa → notableDescendant → Minos ⓘ

Pasiphaë → spouse → Minos ⓘ

Pasiphaë → hasOffspringWith → Minos ⓘ

Zeus and Hera → parent → Minos ⓘ

subject surface form: Zeus

Sarpedon → relatedTo → Minos ⓘ

Sarpedon → brother → Minos ⓘ

Phaedra → father → Minos ⓘ

Phaedra → family → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Minos

Deucalion (son of Minos) → childOf → Minos ⓘ

Deucalion (son of Minos) → hasFather → Minos ⓘ

Glaucus (son of Minos) → father → Minos ⓘ

Glaucus (son of Minos) → associatedWith → Minos ⓘ

Athenian tribute of youths and maidens → associatedWith → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

Athenian tribute of youths and maidens → imposedBy → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos of Crete

Daedalus → served → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos of Crete

Daedalus → imprisonedBy → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

daughters of King Cocalus → killed → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

daughters of King Cocalus → associatedWith → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

daughters of King Cocalus → victimOfKilling → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

Cretan Bull → associatedWithPerson → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

Cretan Bull → ownedBy → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos of Crete

Acacallis → father → Minos ⓘ

Xenodice → father → Minos ⓘ

Xenodice → parent → Minos ⓘ

Xenodice → notableRelative → Minos ⓘ

Labyrinth → builtFor → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

Labyrinth → guardedBy → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

Labyrinth → associatedWithCharacter → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

Labyrinth → governedBy → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos of Crete

Labyrinth → constructedByOrderOf → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos

Catreus → father → Minos ⓘ

Catreus → predecessor → Minos ⓘ

Catreus → family → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Minos

Minotaur → relative → Minos ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Minos