Critolaus (mythology)

Critolaus
Member of the Trojan Royal Family
AbodeTroy
Genealogy
ParentsHicetaon
SiblingsMelanippus, Thymoetes, and Antenor
ConsortAristomache

In Greek mythology, Critolaus (/krtˈləs/; Ancient Greek: Κριτολάου or Κριτόλαος Kritolaos) was a member of the Trojan royal family as the son of the Trojan elder Hicetaon, son of King Laomedon of Troy.[1] He was the brother of Melanippus,[2] Thymoetes,[3] and possibly, Antenor.[4] Critolaus married Aristomache (daughter of King Priam) who became a captive after the fall of Troy.[5]

  1. ^ Homer, Iliad 3.147; Apollodorus 3.12.3; Dictys Cretensis, 4.22
  2. ^ Homer, Iliad 15.547 & 576; Strabo, 13.1.7
  3. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 10.132
  4. ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 349; scholia on Iliad 3.201
  5. ^ Pausanias, 10.26.1 with reference to Stesichorus, The Sack of Troy