who lauded King Minos and Crete in their mythology. Linear B, the Cretan writing system adopted by the Mycenaeans, would be the basis for the Greek in which the poet Homer would write his two ...

The Minotaur is a mythical creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man who dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, ...

When their astonishing ruins were excavated in the 19th century, the Minoans were named after the mythical king Minos of Greek legends, who kept a Minotaur in a labyrinth under his palace at ...

The Minoans were the first great Greek civilisation ... They were known as the Minoans after their legendary king, Minos. Image caption, This is the Great Palace of Knossos on the island of ...

One of the longest-enduring symbols of Ancient Greek mythology ... Set on Crete, it was commissioned by King Minos and built ...

King Minos sacrifices the 'required' virgins to ... continues to try to have her given to the Minotaur. Theseus, the Greek hero, tries to prevent it.

(ATR) Minos Kyriakou ascended to the heights of sport ... to remove sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanoufrom the Greek team over doping violations. The controversy generated by the ...

The Minoans were the first great Greek civilisation ... They were known as the Minoans after their legendary king, Minos. Image caption, This is the Great Palace of Knossos on the island of ...