Minos

mi'nos, the name of two kings of Crete who figure in Greek legend. One was the son of Jupiter and Europa. After his death he was made a judge in the infernal regions. The other Minos, grandson of the first, was celebrated as a lawgiver. He it was for whom Daedalus built the famous labyrinth in which the Minotaur was confined. See Minotaur; Daedalus