King Minos is Athens’s enemy.When Minosattacks a city named Alcathoe, Scylla—the daughter of Alcothoe’s king—falls in love with him. She propositions Minos with the keys for her city’s gates as long as he will marry her. King Minos is disgusted by Scylla’s betrayal of her father and her homeland and refuses to marry her. However, he takes the keys and peacefully captures Alcathoe before sailing away.
Minos Quotes in Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses quotes below are all either spoken by Minos or refer to Minos . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 8: Scylla and Minos
Quotes
God helps those
who help themselves, remember, and fortune favors the brave.
Another woman whose passion was blazing as strongly as mine
would now be already destroying whatever opposed her love—
and delight in destroying it. Why should another be braver than I?
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Minos Quotes in Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses quotes below are all either spoken by Minos or refer to Minos . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 8: Scylla and Minos
Quotes
God helps those
who help themselves, remember, and fortune favors the brave.
Another woman whose passion was blazing as strongly as mine
would now be already destroying whatever opposed her love—
and delight in destroying it. Why should another be braver than I?
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
