Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
son of Zeus and Europa;
king of ancient Crete;
ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth;
after death Minos became a judge in the underworld;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Minos \Mi"nos\, prop. n. [Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.)
A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of Jupiter
and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower
Regions.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Minos
n 1: son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered
Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a
judge in the underworld