Hypertext Webster Gateway: "minos"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Minos \Mi"nos\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.)
A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of Jupiter
and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower
Regions.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Minos
n : son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered
Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became
a judge in the underworld [syn: {Minos}]
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