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If I understand correctly, La Marle's conclusions about Linear A or the Minoans are not mainstream, to put it nicely, and therefore are really not to be considered as fact. Is there a way, therefore, to de-emphasize material from him in this article? Washi (talk) 15:15, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
just thinking that it might be good to add a section about Mino's role in Dante's Inferno as a judge of the domned.
I don't think many people would come to Wikipedia looking to see what Minos' role in Dante's Inferno was. If they needed that information, I'm sure they would play the game, or go to a game guide site. Just saying- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.187.93.92 (talk) 01:16, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"In Masami Kurumada's anime Saint Seiya, Minos is, with Aeacus and Radamanthys, one of the three Generals of the Underworld, and wears the surplice of the Griffon, Celestial Valiant Star."
I don't think that addition makes any sense here in an article on a figure from Greek myth. It doesn't seem to be anything more than a modern allusion to an ancient source, of which there are many; this one probably doesn't deserve to be privileged as the only one. As a japanese appropriation of western sources, there might be something interesting there - but I think its inclusion needs to be justified first. If someone wanted to create a "modern allusions to Minos" section, this could probably be placed there - but until then, I'm going to take it off. It certainly doesn't fit as the last line of the article. The greek myths were indeed reinterpreted by many authors, but if we aren't going to trace their reinterpretation from all the interceding periods between the classical and contemporary, it simply doesn't fit to jump from ancient to manga - especially since the idea of "generals of the underworld" is a rather stark departure from anything to be found in the ancient sources.
My-nos or Mi-nos? The Singing Badger 00:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The pronunciation is given as /ˈmaɪnɒs/ or /ˈmaɪnəs/. The Greek name is Μίνως which is Minōs. The pronunciation is clearly wrong. It should be /ˈmɪnɒs/.
ICE77 (talk) 20:29, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It absolutely should be /ˈmɪnɒs/, unless the English pronunciation is deliberately different than the Greek one.
The "Menes", "Mannus", "Manu" etc. connections are most probably taken from a completely unsubstantiated movie called "Zeitgeist", which includes "truths" such as that 9/11 was "definitely" an inside job etc. --fs 12:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've read this in several places and think the theory has been around for a long time... from google book search, I just found an account of it from 1845 in 'on the origin and ramifications of the english language' by Henry Welsford. Whether it's reliable or not, I don't know. 28th August 2009
there should not be a divide between minos as a literary figure and minos as a mythological figure. mythology IS literature. the two are inherently linked. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.67.38.48 (talk) 23:37, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Referring to Michelangelo's The Last Judgement, it is probably incorrect to say: With his tail coiled around him, Minos judges the damned… It seems more likely that the tip of the tail seen over Minos' right shoulder belongs to a serpent that is coiled around him, and which has hold of his penis in its mouth. --DStanB (talk) 14:29, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Initially it says that Minos was the first king of Crete, then later says that his father was also a king of Crete. Why the discrepancy? I can understand if there were multiple different versions of the story--that doesn't seem to be too uncommon in Greek myth--but it would be nice to have this pointed out if true. It's a little confusing as it stands. 209.136.39.130 (talk) 17:32, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
There are a few issues with this article that need to be clarified.
1. "Every nine years, he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus's creation".
The article is inconsistent with the article on Androgeos that says "The king obliged the Athenians to send several youths every seven or nine years to be devoured by the Minotaur".
2. "By Androgeneia of Phaestus he had Asterion, who commanded the Cretan contingent in the war between Dionysus and the Indians."
Did Minos have a son called Asterion like his adoptive father and the Minotaur (known originally as Asterion)?
3. "Minos gained the love of Scylla and her aid in cutting off her father's hair so that he could conquer the city. After his triumph ...".
This is inconsistent with the article on Androgeos that says "Minos led a war against Athens to avenge the death of his son, but failed to sack the city".
4. If "good" Minos's son is Lycastus and Lycastu's son is "bad" Minos then how can Minos be son of Zeus? This is totally inconsistent.
5. "She was changed into a shearer bird, relentlessly pursued by her father, who was a falcon."
Who changed her?
ICE77 (talk) 07:50, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The following text
Some scholars see a connection between Minos and the names of other ancient founder-kings, such as Menes of Egypt, Mannus of Germany, and Manu of India,[5][6] and even with Meon of Phrygia and Lydia (after him named Maeonia), Mizraim of Egypt in the Book of Genesis and the Canaanite deity Baal.[7]
only cites 19th century scholarship. The last citation (7) is from a book on the history of the English language, the first is a citation of a review article of the second, which seems to be a sort of quixotic study of the Hesperides. These derivations strike me as unlikely to still be true in current scholarship, unless someone can find a more recent citation. These names all appear superficially similar but I can see major problems in deriving them from each other, particularly the ones that aren't even Indo-European. @Katolophyromai: do you know where we might find some new sources on this?--Ermenrich (talk) 00:38, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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