Idomeneus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Idomeneus (/aɪˈdɒmɪniəs/;^[1] Greek: Ἰδομενεύς) may refer to two different personages:

Idomeneus, the Cretan leader during the Trojan War. He was the son of Deucalion, son of King Minos.^[2]
Idomeneus, a Trojan prince as one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by an unknown woman.^[3]

Notes

^ John Walker & William Trollope, 1830, A key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and scripture proper names, p 68; Robert Palfrey Utter, 1918, Every-day pronunciation, p 127
^ Homer, Odyssey 13.260; Hyginus, Fabulae 81
^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5

References

Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.

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[1] John Walker & William Trollope, 1830, A key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and scripture proper names, p 68; Robert Palfrey Utter, 1918, Every-day pronunciation, p 127

[2] Homer, Odyssey 13.260; Hyginus, Fabulae 81

[3] Apollodorus, 3.12.5

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