Catreus

Role: king · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 2.1

Life events

An oracle foretold that Catreus would die by the hand of one of his children.(Apollodorus, Library 3.2)
- “When Catreus inquired of the oracle how his life should end, the god said that he would die by the hand of one of his children.”
Catreus gave Aerope and Clymene to Nauplius for sale in foreign lands.(Apollodorus, Library 3.2)
- With: Aerope Clymene Nauplius
- “And Catreus gave Aerope and Clymene to Nauplius to sell into foreign lands;”
Althaemenes unknowingly killed Catreus with a javelin, then disappeared into a chasm.(Apollodorus, Library 3.2 · 📍 Rhodes)
- With: Althaemenes
- “while they pelted him Althaemenes arrived and killed him with the cast of a javelin, not knowing him to be Catreus. Afterwards when he learned the truth, he prayed and disappeared in a chasm.”

parent: Minos “He begat sons, to wit, Catreus, Deucalion, Glaucus, and Androgeus: and daughters, to wit, Acalle, Xenodice, Ariadne, Phaedra;”

child: Aerope “But Catreus, son of Minos, had three daughters, Aerope, Clymene, and Apemosyne, and a son, Althaemenes.”
child: Apemosyne “But Catreus, son of Minos, had three daughters, Aerope, Clymene, and Apemosyne, and a son, Althaemenes.”
child: Althaemenes “But Catreus, son of Minos, had three daughters, Aerope, Clymene, and Apemosyne, and a son, Althaemenes.”
with Nauplius (Catreus handed Aerope and Clymene to Nauplius for sale into foreign lands.) “And Catreus gave Aerope and Clymene to Nauplius to sell into foreign lands.”
with Althaemenes (Althaemenes killed Catreus unknowingly.) “He told them the truth, but they could not hear him for the barking of the dogs, and while they pelted him Althaemenes arrived and killed him with the cast of a javelin, not knowing him to be Catreus.”

elder kin: Menelaus “Menelaus having gone on a journey to Crete to perform the obsequies of his mother's father Catreus”

Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.