![]() ![]() There is a name in Minoan Linear A mi-nu-te that may be related to Minos. The royal title ro-ja is read on several documents, including on stone libation tables from the sanctuaries, where it follows the name of the main god, Asirai (which would be equivalent of Sanskrit Asura, and of Avestan Ahura). ![]() La Marle suggests that the name mwi-nu (Minos) is expected to mean ' ascetic' as Sanskrit muni, and fits this explanation to the legend about Minos sometimes living in caves on Crete. "Minos" is often interpreted as the Cretan word for "king", or, by a euhemerist interpretation, the name of a particular king that was subsequently used as a title.Īccording to La Marle's reading of Linear A, which has been heavily criticised as arbitrary, we should read mwi-nu ro-ja (Minos the king) on a Linear A tablet. Group of the damned, with Biagio da Cesena as Minos at right
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