Editing Minos (section)

=== Death ===
Minos searched for Daedalus by traveling from city to city, asking a riddle; he presented a spiral seashell and asked for it to be strung all the way through. When he reached Camicus, Sicily, King Cocalus, knowing Daedalus would be able to solve the riddle, fetched the old man. He tied the string to an ant, which walked through the seashell, stringing it all the way through. Minos then knew Daedalus was in the court of King Cocalus and demanded he be handed over. Cocalus managed to convince him to take a bath first; then Cocalus' daughters and Daedalus, with Minos trapped in the tub, scalded him to death with boiling water.<ref>Graves, Robert (1960). ''The Greek Myths''. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books pp. 313–314{{ISBN?}}</ref>

After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in [[Greek Underworld|Hades]] together with his half-brother [[Aeacus]] and his full-brother [[Rhadamanthus]]. Rhadamanthus judged the souls of Asians, Aeacus judged Europeans, and Minos had the deciding vote.<ref>[[Plato]], ''[[Gorgias (dialogue)|Gorgias]]'' 523a and 524b ff (trans. Lamb)</ref>