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  1.  Old Greek Stories / Baldwin, James, 1841-1925
    'va Mi'nos Min'otaur Myce'nae Nep'tune Nile Oe'neus (nus) Os'sa Pando'ra Paernas'sus Par'nes Pe'lias Pene ... you nor I have ever seen. They often talked about a certain Mighty Being called Jupiter, or Zeus, who was king  details...
  2.  Tanglewood Tales / Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
    , or in the duskiness of some deep cavern, where nobody would ever be tormented by his abominable aspect. But King Minos ... seven young men and seven maidens, every year, to be devoured by the pet monster of the cruel King Minos  details...
  3.  Heroes Every Child Should Know / Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1845-1916
    in the days when Hercules laboured, a King, whose name was Minos, ruled over this land. The island is long and narrow and has much sea coast, and because of this fact King Minos stood in intimate relations ...  details...
  4.  of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls / Plutarch, 46-120?
    : That at the setting forth of the yearly games by King Minos, Taurus was expected to carry away the prize ... the king, I thought I might, not without reason, ascend as high as to Romulus, being brought by my history  details...
  5.  Ten Great Events in History / Johonnot, James
    of the golden fleece, and of Perseus to the court of King Minos, are the mythological accounts, embellished ... conflict arose between the two nations. The Persian king, Darius, determined to put an end to all annoyance  details...
  6.  Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew / Peabody, Josephine Preston, 1874-1922
    . He once built, for King Minos of Crete, a wonderful Labyrinth of winding ways so cunningly tangled ... they built a temple around such a befriending voice, and kings would journey far to hear it speak  details...
  7.  Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine / Spence, Lewis, 1874-1955
    , though aware of the real paternity of this creature, adopted it as his own son, as did King Minos ... there to be found in the courts of your Eastern kings such rare treasures as these of mine?" "Nay," replied  details...
  8.  Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans /
    the story thus: That at the setting forth of the yearly games by king Minos, Taurus was expected to carry ... of Lycurgus the lawgiver and Numa the king, I thought I might, not without reason, ascend as high  details...