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Idomeneus

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Idomeneus
Cretan king sacrifices his son to fulfill a vow. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 492]
See : Sacrifice
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Idomeneus, again, lost no men at sea, and all his followers who escaped death in the field got safe home with him to Crete.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
But of this we will take thought hereafter; for the present, let us draw a ship into the sea, and find a crew for her expressly; let us put a hecatomb on board, and let us send Chryseis also; further, let some chief man among us be in command, either Ajax, or Idomeneus, or yourself, son of Peleus, mighty warrior that you are, that we may offer sacrifice and appease the the anger of the god.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
67-74) And from Crete the mighty Idomeneus sought her to wife, Deucalion's son, offspring of renowned Minos.
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