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In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (English IPA: /pəˈsɪfeɪiː/, Greek: Πασιφάη Pasipháē), "wide-shining" was the daughter of Helios, the Sun, by the eldest[2] of the Oceanids, Perse Like her doublet Europa, her origins were in the East, in her case at Colchis, the palace of the Sun; she was given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, and Catreus. She was also the mother of "starlike" Asterion, called by the Greeks the Minotaur, after a curse from Poseidon caused her to experience lust for and mate with a white bull sent by Poseidon.

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Alkinoos
- Alcinous Greek Ἀλκίνοος (sometimes with the diacritical mark Alcinoüs; also transliterated as Alkínoös) pronounced: al-KI-noos

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Heraklion or Iraklion is the largest city and capital of Crete.