Minos

Reading notes

• The Loves §3.10 Minos

  King and lawgiver of Crete, who wished Ceres's fruitful love might last.

• The Art of Love §1.10 Minos

  King of Crete, husband of Pasiphae, 'beaten by a bull' through his wife's betrayal.

• The Art of Love §2.2 Minos

  King of Crete who held Daedalus captive and barred every route of escape.

• The Heroides §4 child of Minos

  Minos, king of Crete and Phaedra's father; she fears she is 'too little' his daughter unless she too loves disastrously.

• The Heroides §4 Minos

  King of Crete, lord of the seas, Phaedra's father; she pleads with her royal lineage in pleading.

• The Heroides §10 Minos

  King of Crete and Ariadne's father, whom she betrayed by aiding Theseus.

• The Heroides §16 Minos

  King of Crete, who 'called no Cretans to arms' over his daughter's abduction.

• Ibis §9 fate of Minos

  Minos of Crete, killed in his bath by scalding water poured over him in Sicily.

• Metamorphoses §7.174 Minos

  King of Crete who wars on Athens to avenge his son Androgeos, gathering island allies but rebuffed by Aeacus.

• Metamorphoses §8.189 Minos

  King of Crete, here besieging Megara to avenge his murdered son Androgeos.

• The Cure for Love §14 Minos

  King of Crete, husband of Pasiphaë; his passion for Procris is said to have displaced his love for his wife.