As punishment for refusing to sacrifice a white bull to Poseidon, the sea god forced Minos’ wife to bear the beast’s child — the result was a half-breed, a vicious hybrid with the head of a ...

Many myths and legends of Crete center around King Minos, son of the god Zeus and the Phoenician princess Europa. The thunder god had turned himself into a gentle, white bull. Charmed by the ...

Glaucus, son of Minos and Pasiphae, fell into a storage jar full of honey while playing ball. When his parents sought after him, they inquired about the boy from Apollo, and Apollo answered them: ‘You ...

Minos determines to demand tribute from the peoples ... On the return journey Ariadne is spirited away to Mount Olympus by the god Dionysus. Theseus is heart-broken by her sudden departure ...