Althaemenes

Althaimenes

Son of Catreus. Sails to Rhodes to avoid the prophecy he would kill his father.

Genealogy

Catreus

Aerope, Apemosyne, Clymene

Places
  1. Atabyrium
  2. Crete
  3. Rhodes
Events
  1. Althaemenes learns of the oracle that their father will be killed by his child
  2. Althaemenes and Apemosyne leave Crete
  3. Althaemenes founds Cretinia
  4. Althaemenes founds an altar of Atabyrian Zeus
  5. Althaemenes murders Apemosyne
  6. Catreus comes to Rhodes in order to give his kingdom to Althaemenes.
  7. Althaemenes accidentally kills Catreus
  8. Althaemenes disappears into a chasm
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.2
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