Daedalus appears in person to offer thanks for his freedom, then leaves to ensure King Minos can do no more harm.

It is even said that King Minos himself would travel here every nine years to receive new laws from above.

"I had heard that it was old King Minos who, before he died, brought Daedalus to this island."

King Minos was an unimpressive monarch, well into middle age.

King Minos is another aspect of this archetypal image.

A few months after this, the time of King Minos' tribute came round again.

You'll meet no pirates on this run; that's what you pay taxes to King Minos for, so come and get the worth of it.

King Minos was a very powerful king in ancient Greece.

King Minos upset the gods by cheating them in a sacrifice.

After his death, King Minos became one of the judges of the dead in the underworld.