Deukalion
mythological figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 5 anchored passages
in the texts
Iliad
Father of Idomeneus, named in his son's epithet.
ere he could do so, death of ill-omened name had overshadowed him and he had fallen by the spear of Idomeneus the noble son of Deukalion.
"Son of Deukalion," said he, "where would you have us begin fighting?
Deukalion begot me to be a ruler over many men in Crete, and my ships have now brought me hither, to be the bane of yourself, your father, and the Trojans.
Odyssey
Son of Minos and claimed father of the disguised Odysseus in his fictional Cretan tale.
Minos was father to Deukalion, whose son I am, for Deukalion had two sons Idomeneus and myself.