Minos Character Analysis in Metamorphoses

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:

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: Scylla (speaker), Minos

Page Number and Citation: 72

Explanation and Analysis:

This quote is spoken by Scylla when she is looking down at King Minos—her kingdom’s enemy—and struggling against the love she feels for him. In this quote, Scylla’s self-dialogue reveals the arguments that she uses to convince herself towards one plan or action or another. First, Scylla uses religious beliefs to convince herself that both God and fortune reward those who act bravely. Secondly, Scylla uses the rivalry of an imaginary woman to spur her to compete more avidly and act more bravely. However, despite these methods of self-persuasion, Scylla also reveals her uncertainty with her speech. She inserts a Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt rerum est. Aperiam doloremque eum. Animi soluta perspiciatis. Ut minima autem. Modi omnis iure. Sint qui qui. Qui similique praesentium. Ex consequatur magnam. Aliquid iste enim. Sequi aut maxime. Adipisci voluptate et. Voluptas suscipit alias. In et eveniet. Eaque et repellendus. Dolores aut voluptatibus. Voluptatem qui volup

Minos Character Timeline in Metamorphoses

The timeline below shows where the character Minos appears in Metamorphoses. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

War soon puts a stop to Aegeus’s happiness at Theseus’s return. King Minos of Crete is seeking revenge for his son Androgeos who was killed in Athens. The... (full context)

King Minos threatens to return and involve Aegina in war. As he sails away, a ship from... (full context)

...bring a message from Athens asking for King Aeacus’s help in the war that King Minos is threatening. Without hesitation, King Aeacus promises to aid Athens and says he has a... (full context)

...few mornings later, Cephalus sets sail for Athens with the soldiers from Aegina. Meanwhile, King Minos is attacking cities along the coast. He arrives at Alcathoe where King Nisus reigns. Nisus... (full context)

When King Minos arrives, Scylla climbs the tower and watches the enemy troops assemble outside the city gates.... (full context)

In her passion for King Minos, Scylla can’t decide if she loves or hates war for bringing Minos to her. She... (full context)

...from around his neck. Then she makes her way through the enemy troops to King Minos. She surrenders her city to Minos and asks him to marry her as a reward.... (full context)

Scylla screams after Minos, rebuking him for leaving her when he owes her his success in capturing Alcothoe. She... (full context)

In her anger, Scylla jumps into the water and grabs hold of the stern of Minos’s ship. Her father Nisus (who was just transformed into a falcon) notices her and swoops... (full context)

When Minos returns to Crete, he makes a sacrifice of 100 bulls to Jupiter. While he was... (full context)

One day, Minos’s daughter Ariadne helps Theseus—one of the Minotaur’s victims—escape the labyrinth by giving him a string... (full context)

Daedaulus grows to hate Crete and wants to return to Athens. Since King Minos has blocked passage to Athens by land and sea, Daedaulus decides to get to Athens... (full context)

Jupiter draws the gods’ attention to Minos, whom Jupiter wishes he could revive. Minos used to be strong and powerful but is... (full context)

Minos Character Analysis

Minos Quotes in Metamorphoses

Book 8: Scylla and Minos Quotes

Minos Character Timeline in Metamorphoses