Minos became king of Crete and was said to be advised by Zeus himself. Under his rule, Minos built a strong navy and defeated rival city Athens. In one popular myth, Minos demands that Athens send ...

Part 1 Hermes tells how Crete was once all-powerful because of the instruments of war created by Deadalus for King Minos. But King Minos and his people had a problem - the Minotaur, a creature ...

Under King Minos’s rule, Crete was a political powerhouse ... The influence of the Cretan Bull on Greek myth is arguably more profound than that of any other creature Heracles encountered ...

That was Homer, singing the praises of Crete, prosperous and cosmopolitan, and of its great king Minos. Now in Greek myth, Minos had a very complex relationship with bulls. He was the son of Zeus ...

The story of Icarus is one of the most well-known in all of Greek mythology. Credit: Public Domain The story ... Daedalus, now charged with murder, was forced to seek refuge on Crete. Once on the ...