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Page 177
... Minos . A quarrel among the brothers led to the departure of Sarpedon for Lycia and Rhadamanthys for some other part of Asia Minor or for Boeotia . Minos ( or a dynasty of kings bearing that name ) ruled for several generations . Under ...
... Minos . A quarrel among the brothers led to the departure of Sarpedon for Lycia and Rhadamanthys for some other part of Asia Minor or for Boeotia . Minos ( or a dynasty of kings bearing that name ) ruled for several generations . Under ...
Page 187
... Minos ' daughter Ariadne fell in love with him and begged Daedalus to help her rescue him . At Daedalus ' suggestion she gave Theseus a ball of thread , which he was to unwind as he penetrated the Labyrinth so that he could later ...
... Minos ' daughter Ariadne fell in love with him and begged Daedalus to help her rescue him . At Daedalus ' suggestion she gave Theseus a ball of thread , which he was to unwind as he penetrated the Labyrinth so that he could later ...
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... Minos . A king of Crete . A. Some Classical writers , no doubt struck by the fact that Minos appears in mythology to have been almost perpetually the king of Crete , claimed that there were two kings of that name . The first was one of ...
... Minos . A king of Crete . A. Some Classical writers , no doubt struck by the fact that Minos appears in mythology to have been almost perpetually the king of Crete , claimed that there were two kings of that name . The first was one of ...
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According accounts Achilles Adrastus Aeschylus Aetolia ancient Aphrodite Apollo Apollodorus Apollonius Rhodius appeared Argonauts Argos Artemis Athens became bore brother brought called carried caused child claimed Crete daughter death descendants died Dionysus earth eponym Eteocles Euripides Fabulae father fell followed force gave Giants give given goddess gods Greek Hades hand head Helen Hera Heracles Hermes Hesiod Homer honor horse husband Hyginus identified Iliad island Italy Jason killed king known land later leader lived married Medea Messenia Metamorphoses Minos mother Mount murder myths nymph Odysseus offered once oracle originally Ovid Pausanias perhaps Perseus Poseidon punished refused region remained returned river Roman rule sailed seems sent ships sister sons story Thebes Theseus Thestius throne told took Trojan Troy turned wife women worshiped writers young youth Zeus