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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was the [[king]] of [[Crete]], and [[husband]] of [[Pasiphae]], [[father]] of [[Ariadne]] and [[Phaedra]]. He hired the skilled craftsman [[Daedalos]] to build the elaborate [[labyrinth]] in which to keep the [[Minotaur]] in; later, the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[hero]] [[Theseus]] kills the Minotaur. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was the [[king]] of [[Crete]], and [[husband]] of [[Pasiphae]], [[father]] of [[Ariadne]] and [[Phaedra]]. He hired the skilled craftsman [[Daedalos]] to build the elaborate [[labyrinth]] in which to keep the [[Minotaur]] in; later, the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[hero]] [[Theseus]] kills the Minotaur.

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Minos [r]: From Greek mythology, he was the king of Crete, and husband of Pasiphae, father of Ariadne and Phaedra. He hired the skilled craftsman Daedalos to build the elaborate labyrinth in which to keep the Minotaur in; later, the Greek hero Theseus kills the Minotaur.