Editing Minos (section)

== Family ==
By his wife, [[Pasiphaë]] (or some say [[Crete (mythology)|Crete]]), the daughter of the Sun ([[Helios]]), and mother of the Minotaur, he fathered [[Ariadne]], [[Androgeus (son of Minos)|Androgeus]], [[Deucalion (son of Minos)|Deucalion]], [[Phaedra (mythology)|Phaedra]], [[Glaucus (son of Minos)|Glaucus]], [[Catreus]], [[Acacallis (mythology)|Acacallis]], and [[Xenodice (mythology)|Xenodice]]. By a [[nymph]], Pareia, he had four sons, Eurymedon, [[Nephalion]], Chryses, and Philolaus, whom [[Heracles]] killed in revenge for the murder of the latter's two companions. By [[Dexithea (mythology)|Dexithea]], one of the [[Telchines]], he had a son called [[Euxanthius]].<ref>[[Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Library'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D3%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D2 3.1.2].</ref> By Androgeneia of [[Phaistos]], he had Asterion, who commanded the Cretan contingent in the war between [[Dionysus]] and the [[India]]ns.<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'', 13. 220ff.</ref> Also given as his children are Euryale, possibly the mother of [[Orion (mythology)|Orion]] with [[Poseidon]],<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Poetical Astronomy'' 2. 34</ref> and Pholegander, [[eponym]] of the island [[Pholegandros]].<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]] s. v. ''Pholegandros''</ref> Minos, along with his brothers, [[Rhadamanthus|Rhadamanthys]] and [[Sarpedon (brother of Minos)|Sarpedon]], was raised by King [[Asterion (king of Crete)|Asterion]] (or Asterius) of Crete. When Asterion died, his throne was claimed by Minos,<ref>Apollodorus, ''Library'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D3%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D3 3.1.3].</ref> who, according to some sources, banished his brothers.