[DOC] [TLE] Callimachus, Hymns - Theoi Greek Mythology [PAR] CALLIMACHUS OF CYRENE was a Greek poet and scholar of the Library of 
Alexandria .... But from Zeus come kings; for nothing is diviner than the kings of 
Zeus. .... [9] Not unto everyone doth Apollo appear, but unto him that is good. ..... 
an end of pursuing, until, all but caught, she leapt into the sea from the top of a 
cliff and... [DOC] [TLE] Zeus - Greek Mythology Link [PAR] She was a naiad, famous in the Cretan Mount Ida, who nursed Zeus when ... 
daughters of King Melisseus 1 in Crete, who laid him in a cradle of gold, and .... 
Zeus pelted Typhon with thunderbolts and pursued him to the mountain .... 
Britomartis ... Laphria), fled from King Minos 2 of Crete, leapt into the sea from the 
top of a... [DOC] [TLE] The World of Myth: The Three Brothers- Zeus [PAR] Nov 29, 2011 ... Zeus- King of the gods, husband to Hera, father to numerous beings including .... 
Zeus said she would spend either half the year or three months of it with .... The 
Cretans gave him a daughter Britomartis/Dicte/Diktynna a goddess of .... she 
turned into a quail and jumped into the Aegean Sea to escape him... [DOC] [TLE] Apollonius' ascension - Jaap-Jan Flinterman [PAR] The Cretan tale is preceded by two other versions of Apollonius' demise; ... of the 
temple were not so kind and put him in chains as a wizard and a robber. ... his 
clairvoyance for matchmaking[9] than to believe in his assumption into heaven. 
..... When he had almost caught her, she leapt into the sea from a promontory. [DOC] [TLE] Zeus, Greek Mythology Link. [PAR] She was a naiad, famous in the Cretan Mount Ida, who nursed Zeus when the .... 
Juturna became a goddess of lakes and rivers in return for the maidenhood ... 
and as he fled pursued him closely as far as Mount Casius, which overhangs 
Syria. .... Dictynna, Laphria), fled from King Minos 2 of Crete, leapt into the sea 
from the... [DOC] [TLE] Nymphs - Women in Greek Myths [PAR] Jul 16, 2011 ... She was very connected to the tree in which she lived, and very ... The were the 
Nymphs of the Sea, and on the right is how one artist ... So when the river-god 
Alpheus pursued her, Artemis helped her out by turning her into a fountain. ... 
nymph of Gortyn here, but originally she was a Cretan goddess who... [DOC] [TLE] Old World Deities - Tryskelion [PAR] Greek goddess of the sea, wife of Poseidon. ..... BRITOMARTIS - Greek ... King 
Minos fell in love with her and pursued her until she jumped from a cliff .... she 
was released only on condition that she should spend three months of each ...... 
One of the nymphs he pursued, Syrinx, changed herself into a reed to escape 
him. [DOC] [TLE] Greek & Roman Mythology - Tools - Department of Classical Studies [PAR] Before Troy, Homer makes him the chief of Greek heroes, whom the favour of 
Hera ... Seventeen days and nights the Greeks, with Thetis and the sea-
goddesses and ... Then mother and child are put in a wooden box and thrown 
into the sea, but .... pursues her with a sword ; but she, praying to the gods, is 
changed into a... [DOC] [TLE] Callimachus, Hymn 3 to Artemis [PAR] she who light matter is it for poets to forget amuses herself with archery ... on her 
father's knee, she said to him, ... is best, for Artemis will rarely go into town. ... 
When goddesses bear me children like this, .... she leapt, for the sea from a high 
cliff ... translation of the hymn freely available online, Perseus only has the Greek,
... [DOC] [TLE] Attention Britomart Shoppers | VoVatia [PAR] Jun 28, 2015 ... She was incorporated into later Greek mythology, ... who was pursued by King 
Minos of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. She ran from him for nine months,

Question: This king pursued Britomartis, a Cretan goddess, for 9 months; she leaped into the sea to escape him
Answer: King Minos of Crete