minos
see also: Minos
Noun
Minos
Proper noun
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see also: Minos
Noun
- plural form of mino
Minos
Proper noun
- (Greek mythology) The mythological first king of Crete, a son of Zeus by Europa, who imprisoned the Minotaur in a labyrinth and after death was made a judge of the dead in Hades; a putative corresponding historical person.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, A Journey from this World to the Next, 1851, Thomas Roscoe (editor), The Works of Henry Fielding: Complete in One Volume, Henry G. Bohn, page 602 ↗,
- At length we arrived at the gate of Elysium. Here was a prodigious crowd of spirits waiting for admittance, some of whom were admitted, and some were rejected; for all were strictly examined by the porter, whom I soon discovered to be the celebrated judge Minos.
- 1856, Leonhard Schmitz, Connop Thirlwall, A History of Greece From the Earliest Times to the Destruction of Corinth, 4th Edition, Longman, page 37 ↗,
- That the Cyclades were subject to Minos, is confirmed by numerous traces; and the general belief of the ancients was, that he founded colonies even in Lemnos and Thrace.
- 2003, Chris Scarre, Rebecca Stefoff, The Palace of Minos at Knossos, Oxford University Press, page 38 ↗,
- Whether or not Minos really existed and ruled at Knossos, the ruins on Kephala hill today are known by the name Arthur Evans gave them.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, A Journey from this World to the Next, 1851, Thomas Roscoe (editor), The Works of Henry Fielding: Complete in One Volume, Henry G. Bohn, page 602 ↗,
- Italian: Minosse
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