falls on the equinoxes once every eight years). This continued until Theseus killed the Minotaur with the help of Ariadne, Minos's lovestruck daughter.

Nisus

Minos was also part of the King Nisus story. Nisus was King of Megara and was invincible as long as a lock of crimson hair still existed, hidden in his white hair. Minos attacked Megara, but Nisus knew he could not be beaten because he still had his lock of crimson hair. His

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