Minos

In Greek mythology, King Minos (/ˈmaɪnɒs, -nəs/; Greek: Μίνως, Ancient: [mǐːnɔːs] Modern: [ˈminos]) was a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus's creation, the labyrinth, to be eaten by the Minotaur. After his death, King Minos became a judge of the dead in the underworld. Ariadne helped Theseus get into the maze, kill the Minotaur and get out and rescue the tributes. Theseus father saw black sails on there ship and thought that his son Theseus had died. He killed himself and Theseus became the new king of Athens.

Archeologist Sir Arthur Evans used King Minos as the namesake for the Minoan civilization of Crete. The Minoan palace at Knossos is sometimes referred to as the Palace of Minos though there is no evidence that Minos was a real person.^[1] King Minos is mentioned in Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes.