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–noun Classical Mythology.

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

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n. Greek Mythology
A king of Crete, the son of Zeus and Europa, who was made one of the three judges in the underworld after his death.

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minos
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son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld

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Mi"nos\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.) A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of Jupiter and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower Regions.

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