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Minos

American

[mahy-nuhs, -nos] / ˈmaɪ nəs, -nɒs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

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

Minos British

/ ˈmaɪnɒs /

noun

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

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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

"The picture was taken in the actual palace of King Minos, on the island of Crete. And the costume and mask was made by me," said Skordas.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2018

“We’re not used to seeing business consultants brought into the process,” said Minos Mouzourakis of the Brussels-based European Council on Refugees and Exiles.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2017

How Minos, King of Crete, failed to sacrifice a white bull to Poseidon.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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