I called Minos at the DEA in Lafayette and told him to meet me there. From Wordnik.com. [Heaven’s Prisoners] Reference
The maternal Minos is not to be appeased, and the appointed month of penance has duly to be endured: –. From Wordnik.com. [Maria Edgeworth] Reference
At noon I called Minos Dautrieve at the DEA in Lafayette. From Wordnik.com. [Heaven’s Prisoners] Reference
“If he comes around again, call Minos Dautrieve at the Drug Enforcement Administration or call me at this number.”. From Wordnik.com. [Heaven’s Prisoners] Reference
Sesostris having founded it in Egypt, Minos in Crete. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: A Treatise on Government] Reference
Europa was the mother of Minos, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
“I think we're all set here,” Minos says to the parents. From Wordnik.com. [A Night Ride With the Mobile Humor Police] Reference
But when the herald came with the message of Minos, the face of. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Minos, king of Crete, was one of the greatest tribal heroes of the. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
But each day as Minos led his men against the city, the daughter of. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
RHADAMANTHUS was the son of Jupiter and Eurōpa, and brother of Minos. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
But Theseus stood before Minos, and they looked each other in the face. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
Minos was come hither with his warriors to demand the price of his blood. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Let us revert to the myths and trace the descent of Minos and his progeny. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference
But why do I tell thee all this vain talk, of our home and of Minos 'daughter, far-famed. From Wordnik.com. [The Argonautica] Reference
Cretans, sailing from the land of King Minos to barter their goods with the men of Pylos. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Nisus betrayed to Minos by his daughter Scylla; changed to a falcon, and Scylla to a lark. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II] Reference
Minos or the youthful Zeus-Dionysus as his Egyptian prototype was suckled by the divine cow. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
At the head of his companions he was now conducted by Minos to the entrance of the labyrinth. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
For Minos conquered all this land, and Megara which lies to the east, when he came hither with. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
Pasiphae's husband, Minos; nor can I liken myself to Ariadne; wherefore speak not of guest-love. From Wordnik.com. [The Argonautica] Reference
He is said to have studied with great zeal the laws of Minos, the legendary lawgiver of the Cretans. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
The greatest and most conclusive of them all was the discovery of the palace of Minos by Sir Arthur Evans. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference
Cretans beheld the form of a woman as she drew nigh to them and bade them lead her to the tent of King Minos. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The light southern breeze swelled the outspread sail, and the ship of Minos danced gaily over the rippling waters. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Cocalus feigned compliance and invited Minos to his palace, where he was treacherously put to death in a warm bath. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Minos is in direct descent from Epaphos and from the latter's prolific progeny we note such names as Agenor, Cadmus. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference
Then Theseus groaned inwardly, and said, "I will go myself with these youths and maidens, and kill Minos upon his royal throne.". From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
Dionysus desired the pilot to land him at the island of Naxos, where he found the lovely Ariadne, daughter of Minos, king of Crete. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
“She was about to make a lame joke incorporating a derogatory racial epithet in violation of local ordinances,” Minos says grimly. From Wordnik.com. [A Night Ride With the Mobile Humor Police] Reference
Antiquity entertained the highest esteem for the institutes of Minos: and the testimonies of ancient authors on this head are endless. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
It will, therefore, suffice to observe that Lycurgus travelled to Crete on purpose to collect the laws of Minos for the benefit of the. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
And Daidalos fled to Crete, to Minos, and worked for him many a year, till he did a shameful deed, at which the sun hid his face on high. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
From the turret of her father's house, Skylla, the daughter of Nisos, watched the ships of King Minos, as they drew near from the Island of. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Strabo and Ephŏrus contend, that Minos dwelt nine years in retirement in this cave, and that it was afterwards called the cave of Jupiter. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
Soon he stood high in the favour of the king, but, ever greedy for power, he incurred, by one of his daring inventions, the wrath of Minos. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
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