minos

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Definition of minos in Turkish Turkish dictionary: Dünyada bir kıtaya bağlı olmayan ilk devletin adı; Girit'in efsanevi kralı

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Definition of minos in English English dictionary: The mythical king of Crete and the son of Zeus and Europa; In Greek legend, a king of Crete, the son of Zeus and Europa. He gained the throne with the aid of Poseidon and also became ruler of the Aegean islands. His wife Pasiphaë fell in love with a bull and gave birth to the Minotaur, which was imprisoned in the Labyrinth. Minos waged war against Athens and exacted a tribute of youths and maidens to feed the Minotaur until Theseus killed the monster with the aid of Minos's daughter Ariadne. Minos was killed in Sicily when boiling water was poured over him as he was taking a bath. Many scholars now consider that Minos was a royal or dynastic title for the priestly rulers of Bronze Age, or Minoan, civilization in Knossos (Minoan means "of Minos"); {i} king of Crete (Greek Mythology); After death he was made a judge in the Lower Regions; son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld; A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of Jupiter and Europa; Modular In-core Nonlinear Optimization System - An optimization system, available from Stanford Optimization Lab
labyrinth of minos: a vast labyrinth built in Crete by Daedalus at the command of Minos in order to contain the Minotaur

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minos

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Mi·nos

() From Ancient Greek Μίνως (Mīnōs).

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