Minos had a wife and he was Greek.
Crete ( Κρήτη , [ ` kriti ] Ancient Greek : Κρήτη , Krḗtē ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands , 88th-largest island in the world and the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea , after Sicily , Sardinia , Cyprus , and Corsica . In Greek mythology Minos ( [ ˈmaɪnɒs ] or [ ˈmaɪnəs ] Μίνως , Minōs ) was the first King of Crete , son of Zeus and Europa . By his wife , Pasiphaë ( or some say Crete ) , he fathered Ariadne , Androgeus , Deucalion , Phaedra , Glaucus , Catreus , Acacallis and Xenodice .