In his recounting of the myth of the war between Minos and Aegeus, the king of Athens, the poet Ovid speaks of Gyaros as one island that refused to join the campaign of the Cretan king.
No seu relato do mito da guerra entre Minos e Exeo, o rei de Atenas, o poeta Ovidio fala de Gyaros como unha illa que se negou a unirse á campaña do rei de Creta.