- Information
- king of Crete
- Son of
- 👤 Europe (Phoinician & Cretan) 👤 Zeus
- Father of
- 👤 Acacallis 👤 Androgeos 👤 Ariadne 👤 Catreus (eponym) 👤 Chryses (s. of Minos) 👤 Deucalion (Cretan) 👤 Euryale (m. of Orion) 👤 Eurymedon (Cretan) 👤 Euxanthios 👤 Glaucos (Cretan) 👤 Phaidra 👤 Philolaos (s. of Minos) 👤 Nephalion 👤 Talos (Cretan I) 👤 Xenodice (Cretan)
- Husband of
- 👤 Crete (d. of Asterios) 👤 Pasiphae (Cretan)
- Has children with
- 👤 Crete (d. of Asterios) 👤 Dexithea 👤 Pareia 👤 Pasiphae (Cretan)
- Conceived at
- 🌍 Crete (island) 🌍 Mount Ida (Crete)
- Born at
- 🌍 Crete (island)
- Founder of
- 🌍 Knossos (Crete) 🌍 Phaistos (Crete) 🌍 Cydonia (Crete)
- Eponym of
- 🌍 Heracleia Minoa (S. Sicily)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Crete (island) 🌍 Caria (Asia Minor) 🌍 Knossos (Crete) 🌍 Phaistos (Crete) 👥 the Leleges of Asia Minor 🌍 Amnisos (Crete)
- Lawgiver at
- 🌍 the Underworld 🌍 Crete (island)
- Kills
- 👤 Megareus (Megarian) 👤 Nisos (Megarian) 👤 Scylla (Megarian)
- Holds
- ⏳ the Funeral Games of Androgeos (Knossos)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Camicos (Sicily) 🌍 Sicily (island) 🌍 Inycos (Sicily) 🌍 Heracleia Minoa (S. Sicily)
- Killed by
- 👥 the Daughters of Cocalos
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Minos (Sicily)
- Has post-mortem existence at
- 🌍 the Underworld
- Body parts
- 🏺 the Bones of Minos
- Related Entities
- 👤 Acacallis 👤 Aiacos 👤 Aigeus (Athenian) 👤 Amphitrite 👤 Androgeos 👤 Apollo 👤 Ariadne 👤 Aristaios 👤 Asterios (h. of Europe) 👤 Athena 👤 Atymnios (Cretan) 👤 Catreus (eponym) 👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) 👥 the Charites 👤 the Chimaira 👤 Chryses (s. of Minos) 👤 Cocalos 👥 the Couretes (guardians) 👤 the Cretan Bull 👤 Crete (d. of Asterios) 👤 Daidalos 👤 Demeter 👤 Deucalion (Cretan) 👤 Dexithea 🌍 the Elysian Fields 👥 the Erinyes 👤 Europe (Phoinician & Cretan) 👤 Euryale (m. of Orion) 👤 Eurymedon (Cretan) 👤 Eurystheus 👤 Euxanthios 👤 Poseidon 👤 Zeus 👤 Glaucos (Cretan) 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Heracles 👤 Iasion (s. of Electra) 👤 Idomeneus (Cretan) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Crete (island) 👤 Theseus 👤 Orion (hunter) 👤 Pandion (Athenian I) 👤 Pareia 👤 Pasiphae (Cretan) 👤 Peleus 👤 Icaros 👤 Periboia (Salamian) 👤 Phaidra 👤 Philolaos (s. of Minos) 👤 Phocos (Aiginetan & Phocian) 👤 Polyidos (Corinthian) 👤 Procris (hunter) 👤 Megareus (Megarian) 👤 Miletos 👤 Naucrate 👤 Nephalion 👤 Nisos (Megarian) 👤 Rhadamanthys 👤 Sarpedon (Lycian) 👤 Scylla (Megarian) 👤 Sisyphos 👤 Talos (Cretan I) 👤 Talos (Athenian) 👤 Tantalos (Lydian) 👤 Telamon (Salamian) 👤 Tityos 👤 Xenodice (Cretan) 🏛️ the Labyrinth (Knossos) 👤 the Minotaur 🏺 the Wings of Daidalos 🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Camicos (Sicily) 👥 the Daughters of Cocalos 🌍 Caria (Asia Minor) 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated) 🏺 the Silver Cup of Minos 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia at Lindos 🌍 Phoinicia 🌍 Attica 🌍 Thoricos (Attica) 🌍 Onchestos (Boiotia) 🌍 Paros (island) 🌍 Sicily (island) 🌍 Sardinia (island) 🌍 Aigina (island) 🌍 Knossos (Crete) 👤 Laelaps (dog of Procris) 👤 the Caucasian Eagle 🌍 Miletos (Asia Minor) 🌍 Megara (Argolid) 👤 the Bull of Poseidon 🌍 Phaistos (Crete) 🌍 the Cyclades Islands 🌍 Emathia (N. Greece) 👥 the Leleges of Asia Minor 👤 Britomartis 🌍 Phaleron (Attica) 🌍 River Periphlegethon (Underworld) 🌍 Amnisos (Crete) 🌍 Nisaia (Megarid) 🌍 the Saronic Gulf 👤 Poine 🌍 Minoa (island) 🌍 Scyllaion (Argolid) 🌍 Mount Ida (Crete) 🌍 Cydonia (Crete) 🌍 Inycos (Sicily) 👥 the Earlier Athenian Tributes 👤 Tauros (rat. Minotaur) 🌍 Iapygia (Italy) 👥 the Final Athenian Tribute ⏳ the Funeral Games of Androgeos (Knossos) 🏛️ the First Wall of Megara 👤 Celmis 👤 Damnameneus 🌍 Ceos (island) 🏺 the Replica Cow 👤 Tauros (rat. Bull of Poseidon) ⭐ Jupiter (planet) 🌍 Heracleia Minoa (S. Sicily) 🏛️ the Cave of Zeus (Crete) 🌍 Mount Dicte (W. Crete) 🏺 the Ring of Minos 🌍 Iberia (W. Europe) 🏛️ the Tomb of Minos (Sicily) 🏺 the Bones of Minos 🌍 Venetia (Italy) 👤 Iapyx (eponym I) 🌍 Hyria (S. Italy) 🏺 the Wings of Icaros 🏺 the Purple Hair of Nisos 👤 Andromedes 🏺 the Spear of Cephalos 👤 Clytos (Athenian) 👤 Boutes (Athenian II)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.12 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.15 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.17 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.7 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.7 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.9 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.26 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.1.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.1.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.1.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.1.4 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.7 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.15.8 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 144-167 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 417-438 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1397-1408 📖 Pausanias 1.1.2 📖 Pausanias 1.1.4 📖 Pausanias 3.2.4 📖 Pausanias 1.17.3 📖 Pausanias 1.19.4 📖 Pausanias 1.39.5 📖 Pausanias 1.42.1 📖 Pausanias 1.44.3 📖 Pausanias 2.30.3 📖 Pausanias 2.34.7 📖 Pausanias 7.2.5 📖 Pausanias 7.3.7 📖 Pausanias 7.4.5 📖 Pausanias 7.4.6 📖 Pausanias 10.29.3 📖 Pausanias 8.53.4 📖 Pausanias 8.53.8 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 15.1 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 16.1 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 16.3 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 19.1 📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.321-11.327 📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.568-11.600 📖 Homer, Odyssey 17.505-17.527 📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.172-19.203 📖 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 388-439 📖 Homer, Iliad 13.442-13.454 📖 Homer, Iliad 14.312-14.328 📖 Pausanias 1.17.5-1.17.6 📖 Pausanias 1.22.4-1.22.5 📖 Pausanias 9.11.4-9.11.5 📖 Pausanias 1.27.9-1.27.10 📖 Pausanias 9.16.3-9.16.4 📖 Pausanias 1.41.3-1.41.6 📖 Pausanias 5.25.8-5.25.10 📖 Pausanias 10.17.3-10.17.4 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.13-1.14 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 1.8-1.9 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.1.3-3.1.4 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.3.1-3.3.2 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 17.1-17.6 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 19.2-19.3 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 19.4-19.7 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 947-949 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 89 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 90 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 91 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 92 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 93 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 155 Most 📖 Hesiod fr. 244 Most 📖 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 7 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 2 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 12 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 26 📖 Bacchylides, Odes 1 📖 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 17 📖 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 26 📖 Bacchylides fr. 10 📖 Lucian, Astrology 20 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 24.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 25.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, On Funerals 7-8 📖 Lucian, Zeus Catechized 18 📖 Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades 11-13 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 183-224 📖 Scholia on Callimachus, Aetia fr. 7a-c Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 3-7 Harder 📖 Lucian, Phalaris 1.7 📖 Lucian, A True Story 2.8 📖 Lucian, The Lover of Lies 19 📖 Lucian, Anacharsis 39 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 43 Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 43b Harder 📖 Lucian, The Dance 41 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 110 Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 113 Harder 📖 Lucian, A Conversation with Hesiod 8 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.145 📖 Ovid, Ibis 289-290 📖 Strabo 8.6.13 📖 Ovid, Ibis 509-510 📖 Strabo 10.4.7 📖 Strabo 10.4.8 📖 Strabo 10.4.9 📖 Strabo 10.4.14 📖 Strabo 10.4.12 📖 Strabo 10.4.19 📖 Strabo 3.2.12-3.2.13 📖 Strabo 16.2.38-16.2.39 📖 Strabo 14.2.27 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 12.397 📖 Strabo 12.8.5 📖 Strabo 6.2.6 📖 Strabo 6.3.2 📖 Strabo 6.3.6 📖 Ovid, Amores 3.10 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 18.590 📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 90 Hollis 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 30 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 40 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 41 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.453-500 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.501-613 ⚒️ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668) ⚒️ Lindian Chronicle (Nationalmuseet 7125; Trismegistos 817951; PHI 190693)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Homer, Iliad Hesiod, Theogony Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Plutarch, Theseus Pausanias Hesiod Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo Hesiod, Ehoiai Strabo Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Bacchylides, Odes Bacchylides Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Astrology Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead Lucian, On Funerals Lucian, Zeus Catechized Lucian, Menippus, or the Descent into Hades Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis Scholia on Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Phalaris Lucian, A True Story Lucian, The Lover of Lies Lucian, Anacharsis Lucian, The Dance Lucian, A Conversation with Hesiod Bacchylides, Dithyrambs Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Ibis Ovid, Metamorphoses Ovid, Amores Callimachus, Hecale
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Asclepiades, Tragodoumena FGrHist 12 fr. 17 📖 Homer, Odyssey 4.561-4.569 📖 Philochoros FGrHist 328 fr. 17a 📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.568-11.600 📖 Cleidemos BNJ 323 fr. 17 📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.172-19.203 📖 Homer, Iliad 13.442-13.454 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 89 Most 📖 Pherecydes of Athens fr. 150 Fowler 📖 Bacchylides fr. 10 📖 Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis 183-224 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 3-7 Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 43 Harder 📖 Philostephanos FHG fr. 36 📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 147 📖 Plato, Minos 319e 📖 Plato, Laws 1.624b 📖 Herodotos, Histories 1.173 📖 Herodotos, Histories 7.170 📖 Agias and Dercylos fr. 8 Fowler 📖 Aristotle, Politeiai fr. 566 Rose 📖 Nicander, Heteroeumena fr. 46 Gow-Scholfield
- Depictions
- 🎨 Attic Red-Figure Oinochoe attributed to the Herakles Painter (JECM GV82; Beazley 5807; LIMC Pasiphae 32) 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Dioscuri VI 9, 6.7, Pompeii (PALP r6-i9-p6-space-43)
- Reported depictions
- 🎨 Wall Painting of Theseus in Sanctuary of Theseus, Athens, by Micon (LIMC Theseus 227)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Crete (island) 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Miletos (Asia Minor) 🌍 Cydonia (Crete)