Cretines

Family: Rhegion · Role: father of Anaxilaos · First appears: Book 7 · §163–169

Life events

• The Cretans consulted the oracle and were told not to assist Hellas because of Minos’s anger.(Book 7 · §163–169 · 📍 Delphi)
  • With: Minos Menelaos
  • “they joined together and sent men to inquire of the god at Delphi whether it would be better for them if they gave assistance to Hellas”
• The Cretans abstained from giving assistance.(Book 7 · §163–169)
  • “When the Cretans heard this answer reported, they abstained from the giving of assistance.”
• Ameinocles became wealthy by finding Persian valuables washed ashore after the shipwreck.(Book 7 · §187–196 · 📍 Sepias)
  • With: Ameinocles
  • “he picked up many cups of gold which were thrown up afterwards on the shore, and many also of silver, and found treasure-chests which had belonged to the Persians”

Book 7 · §163–169

• child: Anaxilaos “Anaxilaos the son of Cretines”

Book 7 · §187–196

• with Ameinocles (Ameinocles is the son of Cretines.) “to Ameinocles the son of Cretines, a Magnesian who held lands about Sepias, this shipwreck proved very gainful”

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