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Arianna, Libera. In Greek mythology, Ariadne (/ ˌæriˈædni /; Greek: Ἀριάδνη; Latin: Ariadne) was a Cretan princess, the daughter of King Minos of Crete. There are different variations of Ariadne's myth, but she is known for helping Theseus escape from the Minotaur and being abandoned by him on the island of Naxos.
In Greek mythology, Minos (/ˈmaɪnɒs, -nəs/; Greek: Μίνως, Ancient: [mǐːnɔːs] Modern: [ˈminos]) was a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus 's creation, the labyrinth, to be eaten by the Minotaur. After his death, King Minos ...
Acacallis was the daughter of Minos, king of Crete, and Pasiphae the daughter of Helios, or Crete the daughter of Asterion. She was the sister of Ariadne, Androgeus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Glaucus, Catreus and Xenodice. [3] According to a Cretan mythological tradition, she had a son with Hermes, Cydon, the founder of Cydonia. [4]
Offspring. Acamas and Demophon. In Greek mythology, Phaedra / ˈfiːdrə, ˈfɛdrə /; (Ancient Greek: Φαίδρα, romanized: Phaídra) was a Cretan princess. Her name derives from the Greek word φαιδρός (phaidros), which means "bright". According to legend, she was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, and the wife of Theseus.
Scylla (daughter of Nisus) 17th-century engraving of Scylla falling in love with Minos. In Greek mythology, Scylla[1] (/ ˈsɪlə / SIL-ə; Greek: Σκύλλα, translit. Skýlla, pronounced [skýlːa]) was a princess of Megara as daughter of King Nisus.
Idomeneus of Crete. In Greek mythology, Idomeneus (/ aɪˈdɒmɪniəs /; [1] Greek: Ἰδομενεύς) was a Cretan king and commander who led the Cretan armies to the Trojan War, in eighty black ships. [2] He was also one of the suitors of Helen, as well as a comrade of the Telamonian Ajax. Meriones was his charioteer and brother-in-arms.
Sacrificial victims of the Minotaur. In Greek mythology, the people of Athens were at one point compelled by King Minos of Crete to choose fourteen young noble citizens (seven young men and seven young women) to be offered as sacrificial victims to the half-human, half-taurine monster Minotaur to be killed in retribution for the death of Minos ...
The story of Orion and Merope varies. One source refers to Merope as the wife of Oenopion and not his daughter. Another refers to Merope as the daughter of King Minos, who was a father of Merope's grandmother. [5] The Hungarian mythographer Károly Kerényi, one of the founders of the modern study of mythology, wrote about Merope in Gods of the ...