Minos

American  

[mahy-nuhs, -nos] / ˈmaɪ nəs, -nɒs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.

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Minos British  

/ ˈmaɪnɒs /

noun

1. Greek myth a king of Crete for whom Daedalus built the Labyrinth to contain the Minotaur

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Example Sentences

Historians see in the myth a distant memory of the earlier civilization on Crete and use the term Minoan, derived from Minos, to describe it.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Now she’s determined to go after the dastardly Minos organization that runs the games that killed her friends, so the pals set off for New York to do some recon.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2021

When the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans discovered the 4,000-year-old Palace of Minos on Crete in 1900, he saw the vestiges of a long-lost civilization whose artefacts set it apart from later Bronze-Age Greeks.

From Scientific American • May 15, 2013

Later she bore Zeus three sons, one of whom, Minos, became ruler of Crete.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2013

Minos, the powerful ruler of Crete, had lost his only son, Androgeus, while the young man was visiting the Athenian King.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton