Idomeneus
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Key facts
- Predecessor
- Catreus
- Successor
- Leucus
- Abode
- Crete
- Parents
- Deucalion and Cleopatra
- Consort
- Meda
- Offspring
- Orsilochus , Cleisithyra , Iphiclus and Lycus
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Deucalion of Crete
- Conflict
- Trojan War
- Image
- Le retour d'Idomédée.JPG
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- Commons category
- Idomeneus
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- different from
- Idomeneus
- name in native language
- Ἰδομενεύς
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
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Encyclopedic overview
In Greek mythology, Idomeneus (/aɪˈdɒmɪniəs/; Greek: Ἰδομενεύς) was a Cretan king and commander who led the Cretan armies to the Trojan War, in eighty black ships. He was also one of the suitors of Helen, as well as a comrade of the Telamonian Ajax. Meriones was his charioteer and brother-in-arms.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Idomeneus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.