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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Idomeneus''' was a [[Crete|Cretan]] warrior, grandson of [[Minos]]. He led the Cretan armies to the [[Trojan War]] and was also one of [[Helen of Troy|Helen]]'s suitors. [[Meriones]] was his charioteer and brother-in-arms.

In the ''[[Iliad]]'', he is found among the first rank of the Greek generals, leading his troops and engaging the enemy head-on, and escaping serious injury. Like most of the other leaders of the Greeks he is alive and well as the story comes to a close.

After the war, his ship hit a horrible storm. Idomeneus promised [[Poseidon]] that he would sacrifice the first living thing he saw when he returned home if Poseidon would save his ship and crew. The first living thing was his son, whom Idomeneus duly sacrificed. The gods were angry at his murder of his own son and they sent him into exile in Calabria, Italy. (Virgil III, 400)

In an alternate version, his own subjects on Crete sent him into exile because he brought a plague with him from [[Troy]]. He fled to Calabria, and then [[Colophon]], [[Asia Minor]], where he died.

''[[Idomeneo]]'', a [[1780]] [[opera seria]] by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] is based on the story of Idomeneus.

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