Minos
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
She wants justice and vengeance on Minos, but she’s so smart she can’t help but solve whatever puzzle is in front of her.
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
The seventh labor was to go to Crete and fetch from there the beautiful savage bull that Poseidon had given Minos.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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