Aug 7, 2023 · Idomeneus, son of Deucalion, was a king of Crete and a hero in the era of the Trojan War. Though older than many of the other Greek leaders at Troy, he was still a …

Idomeneus signalizes his courage above the rest; he kills Othryoneus, Asius, and Alcathous: Deiphobus and Aeneas march against him, and at length Idomeneus retires. Menelaus …

These march’d, Idomeneus, beneath thy care, And Merion, dreadful as the god of war. Tlepolemus, the sun of Hercules, Led nine swift vessels through the foamy seas, From …

Cnossus, her capital of high command; Where sceptred Minos with impartial hand Divided right: each ninth revolving year, By Jove received in council to confer. His son Deucalion bore …

Unmoved he heard them, and with sighs denied. “If yet Achilles have a friend, whose care Is bent to please him, this request forbear; Till yonder sun descend, ah, let me pay To grief and …

Nov 29, 2022 · Medea was the daughter of Aeetes, the king of Colchis, and a highly skilled witch. When Jason and the Argonauts came to her homeland to steal the Golden Fleece, she fell in …

“Ajax the great, (the beauteous queen replied,) Himself a host: the Grecian strength and pride. See! bold Idomeneus superior towers Amid yon circle of his Cretan powers, Great as a god! I …

Mar 8, 2023 · Thetis was a nymph and goddess of the sea, one of the fifty Nereids born to Nereus and Doris, and the wife of the mortal hero Peleus. When her son Achilles went to fight in the …

Mar 1, 2023 · The Iliad, said to have been composed by Homer, is an epic poem that was probably originally put into writing during the middle of the eighth century BCE. Set during the …

Aug 2, 2023 · Dardanus was the son of Zeus and the Atlantid Electra. After meeting with misfortune in his homeland, he traveled to the Troad (the future location of Troy) and became …