Minos Cretensium rex novo anno in quendam praealtum et vetusta religione consecratum specum secedere solebat, et in eo moratus tamquam ab Iove, quo se ortum ferebat, traditas leges perrogabat.
Minos, king of the Cretans, used every ninth year to withdraw to a certain cavern, very deep and hallowed by ancient religion. After spending time therein, he would pass laws as given to him by Jupiter, whose son he claimed to be.
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