Claim: Minos had a wife and he was Greek.
Evidence: In Greek mythology Minos -LRB- -LSB- ˈmaɪnɒs -RSB- or -LSB- ˈmaɪnəs -RSB- Μίνως , Minōs -RRB- was the first King of Crete , son of Zeus and Europa.
Crete -LRB- Κρήτη , -LSB- ` kriti -RSB- Ancient Greek : Κρήτη , Krḗtē -RRB- 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.
By his wife , Pasiphaë -LRB- or some say Crete -RRB- , he fathered Ariadne , Androgeus , Deucalion , Phaedra , Glaucus , Catreus , Acacallis and Xenodice.