He sailed against the Athenians and harassed them until they agreed to pay the price for his son's death. Regardless of how, Androgeos was killed and King Minos blamed the Athenians for the death of his only human son and for the destruction of his family line. In turn, he was killed by the bull and indirectly by the actions of the Athenians. A different version of the myth claims that the King of Athens, Aegeus, was angered by Androgeos' victories, and sent him to slay the unconquerable Marathonian Bull. Some sources say that he was killed by the Athenians out of jealousy for his skill in the Panathenic Games. While the construction of the Labyrinth was underway, King Minos discovered that his only human son, Androgeos, (with Pasiphae) had been killed. Mark Cartwright (CC BY-NC-SA) Death of Androgeos & Athen's Tribute It was their task to judge the dead in order to assign where their placement was in the Underworld based upon the merits of their life. The three brothers would be re-united in afterlife, for after they died they were made judges in the Underworld. As a result of winning the throne, Minos banished his brothers from Crete. Poseidon, then, produced a magnificent bull from the sea thus, Minos' claim for power was validated for no one dared to defy the favor of the gods, let alone the mighty Poseidon who ruled over all of the seas. Minos vowed to heaven that he would sacrifice the bull to Poseidon once it appeared. Thus, one day while sacrificing to Poseidon, he prayed that a bull would appear from the depths of the sea. He claimed that he had the support and authority from the gods to rule, and he boasted that he could prove it by praying for whatever he wanted and the gods would make it so. Minos, however, had one advantage that his brothers did not. It was Minos, whose name in Cretan actually means king, who was fated to be king of Crete even though Minos' ascension to power was a difficult journey because he first had to see off his sibling rivals. The three sons were Minos, Sarpedon, and Rhadamanthus. When Aseterion died, it was unclear which of the three sons should ascend to power.
Europa's husband was the King of Crete, Asterion, who looked over the boys as if they were his own.
In Greek myth, Minos was one of the three sons from the union of Europa and Zeus when Zeus was took the form of a bull.