Minos

Minos, in Greek mythology, wealthy king of Crete who commanded the artisan Daedalus to construct a labyrinthine prison for a beast called the Minotaur, to whom the young people of Athens were regularly sacrificed. One of these, Theseus, succeeded in killing the Minotaur and running away with Minos' daughter Ariadne. Minos was married to Pasiphaë; his other children included Androgeous, Glaucus, and Phaedra.

See also: Mythology.