Explanation:
In Dante’s Inferno, the figure of Minos is a character encountered in the second circle of Hell, where he acts as a judge of the souls and torments them according to their sins. Minos, according to classical mythology, was the mythical king of Crete and a son of Zeus and Europa. In Dante’s Inferno, however, his role is altered to suit the Christian cosmology of the poem. Minos is depicted as a wise and just king who judges the souls of the dead as they enter the underworld.