(Ἰδομενεύς; Idomeneús).
[1] Commander of the Cret. troops at Troy
Son of Deucalion, grandson of Minos; the name is indirectly attested as early as in Linear B [1]. I. is one of Helena's suitors (today fr. 204,56ff. M-W) and a guest of Menelaus (Hom. Il. 3,230-233). He commands the rather large Cretan contingent (80 ships) in the Trojan campaign, assisted by his loyal follower Meriones (Hom. Il. 2,645-6…