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👤 Idomeneus (Cretan)

  • <span class="a type-11352" data-type_id="11352" data-object_id="11321604" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-11352_11321604">🎨 Statue Group of Leaders of the Greek Contingent, in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia, by Onatas (LIMC Aias I 21)</span>
  • Information
    son of Deucalion, leader of the Cretan contingent at Troy
    Son of
    👤 Deucalion (Cretan) 👤 Zeus
    Descendant of
    👤 Pasiphae (Cretan) 👤 Minos 👤 Helios
    Father of
    👤 Cleisithyra 👤 Orsilochos (Odyssean creation)
    Husband of
    👤 Meda (Cretan)
    Has children with
    👤 Meda (Cretan)
    Leader of
    👥 the Cretan Contingent at Troy (attackers)
    Belongs to
    👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👥 the Cretan Contingent at Troy (attackers) 👥 the Suitors of Helen
    Ruler of
    🌍 Crete (island) 🌍 Gortyna (Crete) 🌍 Knossos (Crete)
    Kills
    👤 Asios (Percote) 👤 Phaistos (Maionian) 👤 Erymas (Trojan II) 👤 Alcathoos (Trojan) 👤 Oinomaos (Trojan) 👤 Othryoneus
    Buried at
    🌍 Colophon (Ionia) 🌍 Mount Cercaphos (Asia Minor) 🏛️ the Tomb of Idomeneus and Meriones (Knossos)
    Has post-mortem existence at
    🌍 the Underworld
    Related Entities
    👤 Achilles 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aiacos 👤 Aias (the greater) 👤 Aias (the lesser) 👤 Aineias 👤 Alexander (Trojan) 👤 Amphimachos (Elian I) 👤 Antilochos (Pylian) 👤 Ascalaphos (Orchomenian) 👤 Asios (Percote) 👤 Calchas 👤 Cleisithyra 👤 Deiphobos (Trojan) 👤 Deucalion (Cretan) 👤 Diomedes (Argive I) 👤 Elephenor 👤 Eumelos (Pheraian) 👤 Eurypylos (Thessalian) 👤 Poseidon 👤 Zeus 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Hector (Trojan) 🌍 Crete (island) 👤 Palamedes 👤 Pasiphae (Cretan) 👤 Helen 👤 Leucos (Cretan) 👤 Meda (Cretan) 👤 Menelaos 👤 Minos 👤 Molos (Cretan) 👤 Nestor 👤 Odysseus 👤 Sthenelos (Argive) 👥 the Greek Contingent at Troy 👤 Thoas (Aitolian) 👤 Tyndareos 👥 the Cretan Contingent at Troy (attackers) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 👤 Helios 🌍 the Plain of Troy 🌍 the Beach of Troy 🏛️ the Achaian Wall (Troy) 🌍 Colophon (Ionia) 👤 Meriones 🌍 Gortyna (Crete) 🌍 Knossos (Crete) 👥 the Suitors of Helen ⏳ the Funeral Games of Patroclos (Troy) 👤 Agenor (Trojan) 👤 Phaistos (Maionian) 👤 Aphareus (Greek at Troy) 👤 Deipyros 👤 Erymas (Trojan II) 👤 Alcathoos (Trojan) 👤 Oinomaos (Trojan) 👤 Othryoneus 🌍 Mount Cercaphos (Asia Minor) 👤 Nauplios (f. of Palamedes) 👤 Son of Castor (Odyssean persona) 👤 Aithon (Odyssean persona) 👤 Orsilochos (Odyssean creation) 🌍 the Ogylian Sea 🏛️ the Tomb of Idomeneus and Meriones (Knossos)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.13📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.9📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.10📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.3.1📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 417-438📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1214-1225📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.184-3.200📖 Homer, Odyssey 14.191-14.359📖 Homer, Odyssey 14.378-14.385📖 Homer, Odyssey 19.172-19.203📖 Homer, Odyssey 13.250-13.286📖 Homer, Iliad 2.402-2.431📖 Homer, Iliad 2.645-2.652📖 Homer, Iliad 3.228-3.238📖 Homer, Iliad 5.43-5.47📖 Homer, Iliad 16.342-16.350📖 Homer, Iliad 12.108-12.148📖 Homer, Iliad 13.306-13.310📖 Homer, Iliad 13.361-13.382📖 Homer, Iliad 13.383-13.401📖 Homer, Iliad 13.402-13.416📖 Homer, Iliad 13.424-13.444📖 Homer, Iliad 13.442-13.454📖 Homer, Iliad 13.468-13.501📖 Homer, Iliad 13.502-13.511📖 Homer, Iliad 17.597-17.625📖 Homer, Iliad 13.206-13.253📖 Homer, Iliad 23.448-23.498📖 Pausanias 5.25.8-5.25.10📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.11-3.14📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.7-6.11📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 155 Most📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 6.1 MacLeod📖 Lucian, The Parasite 44-45📖 Lucian, The Parasite 47📖 Strabo 10.4.15📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.350-13.398
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadLycophron, AlexandraHomer, OdysseyPausaniasHesiod, EhoiaiStraboLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucian, The ParasiteOvid, Metamorphoses
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.184-3.200📖 Homer, Iliad 13.295-13.305📖 Homer, Iliad 13.206-13.253📖 Homer, Iliad 4.261-4.264
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Statue Group of Leaders of the Greek Contingent, in the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympia, by Onatas (LIMC Aias I 21)
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