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 ...

The most famous labyrinth? That may be made of myth. Greek mythology tells the story of Minos, a son of Zeus and king who ruled Crete cruelly. He placed his offspring, the bull-headed Minotaur ...

Now in Greek myth, Minos had a very complex relationship with bulls. He was the son of Zeus, king of the gods, but in order to father him, Zeus had turned himself into a bull. Minos's wife in turn ...