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Minos

American  
[mahy-nuhs, -nos] / ˈmaɪ nəs, -nɒs /

noun

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


Minos British  
/ ˈmaɪnɒs /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Libor was born in 1969 to Minos Zombanakis, a Greek banker.

From Seattle Times Jan. 12, 2022

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

That had to be Minos, and I had to convince Nico not to listen to him.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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