Minos fathered a child.
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 . By Androgeneia of Phaestus he had Asterion , who commanded the Cretan contingent in the war between Dionysus and the Indians . Also given as his children are Euryale , possibly the mother of Orion with Poseidon , and Pholegander , eponym of the island Pholegandros .