Idomeneus

Family: Cretan · Role: hero · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 25

In Book 5, Chapter 25, Idomeneus is identified as a descendant of Minos and Pasiphae, the daughter of the Sun. When Hector challenged a Greek to single combat, lots were drawn to choose who would fight; Idomeneus is also identified by the cock device on his shield. Its inscription names Onatas as the shield’s maker.

Relationship record

Book 5 · Chapter 25

with Hector (Idomeneus was one of those who drew lots for combat with Hector.) “There are also statues, from the Achæan race in common, of those who, when Hector challenged a single Greek to single combat, drew lots who it should be.”
with Minos (Minos was an ancestor of Idomeneus.) “Idomeneus, the descendant of Minos and Pasiphae the daughter of the Sun.”
with Pasiphae (Pasiphae was an ancestor of Idomeneus.) “Idomeneus, the descendant of Minos and Pasiphae the daughter of the Sun.”
with Onatas (Onatas made the statue of Idomeneus.) “And the name of the artificer is inscribed on the shield of Idomeneus, ‘This and many besides are the work of the skilful Onatas, the son of Micon of Ægina.’”
with Hector (Idomeneus is identified as one of the figures associated with the single combat against Hector.) “And the one with the device of a cock on the shield is Idomeneus, the descendant of Minos and Pasiphae the daughter of the Sun.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.