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Mi•nos n. [Class. Myth.]

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

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

Minos / ˈmaɪnɒs/

a king of Crete for whom Daedalus built the Labyrinth to contain the Minotaur

'Minos' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Alcaeus - Androgeus - Ariadne - Daedalus - Europa - Minoan - Minotaur - Pasiphaë - Rhadamanthys - Talos - labyrinth - self-luminosity

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