Molus (son of Deucalion)

In Greek mythology, the name Molus (Μῶλος) was the illegitimate son of Deucalion, son of Minos, king of Crete. He was the father, by Melphis or Euippe,[1] of Meriones, the charioteer of Idomeneus in the Trojan War.

Mythology

Apollodorus' Account:

"To Deucalion were born Idomeneus and Crete and a bastard son Molus."[2]

Diodorus Siculus' Account:

"Minos’ sons, they say, were Deucalion and Molus, and to Deucalion was born Idomeneus and to Molus was born Meriones. These two joined with Agamemnon in the expedition against Ilium with ninety ships, and when they had returned in safety to their fatherland they died and were accorded a notable burial and immortal honours. And the Cretans point out their tomb at Cnosus, which bears the following inscription:

Behold Idomeneus the Cnosian’s tomb, and by his side am I, Meriones, the son of Molus."[3]

Hyginus' Account:

"Meriones, son of Molus and Melphis, from Crete, with 40 ships." [Catalogue of ships for the Trojan War][4]

References

  1. ↑ Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories, Prologue, 588
  2. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Book 3.3.1 with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
  3. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5.79.4. Translated by Oldfather, C. H. Loeb Classical Library Volumes 303 and 340. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1935.
  4. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 97, translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies, no. 34. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960.


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