Idomeneus | |
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King of Crete | |
Member of the Cretan Royal Family | |
Predecessor | Catreus |
Successor | Leucus |
Abode | Crete |
Parents | Deucalion and Cleopatra |
Consort | Meda |
Offspring | Orsilochus, Cleisithyra, Iphiclus and Lycus |
In Greek mythology, Idomeneus (/aɪˈdɒmɪniəs/;[1] Greek: Ἰδομενεύς) was a Cretan king and commander who led the Cretan armies to the Trojan War, in eighty black ships.[2] 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.