Gender Masculine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Μίνως(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /mǐː.nɔːs/(Classical Greek) /ˈmaɪ.nɑs/(American English) /ˈmaɪ.nɒs/(British English) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Possibly from a Cretan word or title meaning "king". This was the name of a king of Crete in Greek mythology. He was the son of Zeus and Europa. Because Minos had refused to sacrifice a certain bull to Poseidon, the god had caused his wife Pasiphaë to mate with the bull, which produced the half-bull creature called the Minotaur. Minos had Daedalus construct the Labyrinth to house the beast, but it was eventually slain by Theseus.
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