Minos, who was the king of Knosos ,was the son of Zeus and Europe. One of Minos’s brothers, Sarpidon ,was the king of Gortys but he wanted to usurp the throne of Minos. Minos said that he was the chosen by the Gods to be king of Knosos , and to prove it, asked Poseidon (the god of the sea) to send him a bull to sacrifice. Poseidon did that, and everybody believed that Minos was right.
