Minos

Minos, the name of two mythological kings of Crete. The first is said to have been the son of Zeus and Europa, the brother of Rhadamanthus, the father of Deucalion and Ariadne, and, after his death, a judge of the shades in Hades.—The second of the same name was grandson of the former, and son of Lycastus and Ida. To him the celebrated Laws of Minos are ascribed, in which he is said to have received instruction from Zeus himself. Homer and Hesiod know of only one Minos, the king of Cnossus, and son and friend of Zeus.