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.
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.
"Son of Deukalion," said he, "where would you have us begin fighting?