Minos
Americannoun
noun
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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
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
He saw Minos, his old ghostly mentor, leading him through the Labyrinth.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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