This is Minos at the height of his mortal power, when he was on a mission to avenge the death of his son Androgeos, who died fighting a bull at Marathon. After causing havoc across all of Hellas, he asked his father Zeus to punish Attica and the god ravaged the city with plague and hunger. This drove Athens to obey any command from Minos to avoid the same fate, and he demanded that each year they send seven young boys and seven young girls to him so he could throw them into his labyrinth to be eaten by the Minotaur.
Now, as a judge of the dead, Minos has the ability to summon his former self and wield the burning vengeance and incredibly manipulative powers of King Minos, and his pet Minotaur shall never go hungry!