Androgeos


Androgeos (Greek Ἀνδρόγεως) is a son of the Cretan king Minos and the Pasiphae in Greek mythology. According to the Bibliotheque of Apollodorus (2, 5, 9), he was the father of the Sthenelos and the Alcaios.

The Attic king Aigeus killed Androgeos because he won all the prizes at a competition. Another version of the story says that Aigeus had sent Androgeus to kill the Cretan bull, and Androgeos was killed in an attempt to kill the bull. As an atonement, the Athenians had to send seven young people to Crete for the Minotaur every nine years. It was only when Theseus killed the bull that this custom ended. The narrative refers to the fact that the Minoan Empire temporarily occupied parts of early Greece, which was ended by the conquest of Crete by Mycenae. Edit source text

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