Meriones
mythological figure · 3 works · 15 mentions · 34 anchored passages
Ares' son · Meriones peer of Ares · son of Molus · squire to Idomeneus · the stalwart squire of Idomeneus
in the texts
Iliad
Cretan leader who brings up the rear battalions behind Idomeneus.
Passing through the crowd, he came presently on the Cretans, arming round Idomeneus, who was at their head, fierce as a wild boar, while Meriones was bringing up the battalions that were in the rear.
Meriones overtook him as he was fleeing, and struck him on the right buttock.
Next were the two Ajaxes, men clothed in valor as with a garment, and then Idomeneus, and Meriones his brother in arms.
Orations
Achaean hero renowned as a skilled dancer of the Cretan war-dance.
and the dance in armor, which is performed as a first-offering to the gods and at the same time as practice for war, of which the poet says that even Meriones was skilled.
"Or do you suppose that the son of Molus, numbered among the best of the Achaeans, knew any other dance than the war-dance, the Curetic, which was native to the Cretans—the quick and nimble movement for easily swerving and guarding against the missile?
Iphigenia in Aulis
Greek captain called 'Ares' son,' described by the chorus as a marvel among men.
and Meriones, Ares’ son, a marvel to mankind, stood at his side;