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Deucalion (son of Minos)

In Greek mythology, Deucalion or Deukalion (/dju:keɪli:ən/; Ancient Greek: Δευκαλίων τῆς Κρήτης), was a king of Crete. He was counted among the Argonauts and the Calydonian Hunters.[1]

For other uses, see Deucalion (mythology).

Deucalion

Minos

Catreus

Crete

Minos and Pasiphae or Crete

Acacallis, Ariadne, Androgeus, Xenodice, Phaedra, Glaucus and Catreus; Molus

(1) Cleopatra
(2) unknown

(1) Idomeneus, Crete
(2) Molus

Mythology[edit]

Theseus in Crete[edit]

It is said that when Theseus was about to leave Crete, he joined battle with the Cretans at the gate of the Labyrinth where he slew Deucalion and his bodyguard.

The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.

Apollodorus

The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site

Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. .

Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library

Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

Gaius Julius Hyginus

Lives with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus

; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Deuca'lion" 2.

Smith, William