Deucalion of Crete

In Greek mythology, Deucalion, or Deukalion (Ancient Greek: Δευκαλίων της Κρήτης), was the king of Crete before his son Idomeneus succeeded him and led the kingdom into the Trojan War. He was the son of Minos and the grandson of Zeus.

Odysseus pretends to be his second son Aethon when he speaks to his wife while in disguise.^[1] It is unclear whether Aethon is a real son of Deucalion, left by Idomeneus to act as regent during the war, or invented by Odysseus.

Deucalion was also the father of Crete and of an illegitimate son Molus.^[2]

Notes

↑ Homer, Odyssey 20.170-200.
↑ Bibliotheca 3. 3. 1

References

Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Deuca'lion" 2.

Characters in the Odyssey

House of Odysseus	Penelope (wife) Telemachus (son) Anticlea (mother) Laërtes (father) Autolycus (grandfather) Eurycleia (chief servant) Mentor (advisor) Phemius (musician) Argos (pet-dog)

Monarchs and royals	Alcinous of Phaeacia Arete of Phaeacia Nestor of Pylos Menelaus of Sparta Princess Nausicaa of Phaeacia Agamemnon of Mycenae

Gods	Athena Apollo Artemis Atlas Calypso Circe Hermes Poseidon Zeus Oceanus

Others	Achilles Aeolus Ajax Amphimedon Anticlus Antiphates Antiphus Aretus Cyclopes Demodocus Demoptolemus Deucalion Dolius Echephron Echetus Elpenor Eumaeus Eupeithes Euryalus Eurylochus Halitherses Helen Heracles Idomeneus Irus Kikonians Laodamas Laestrygones Medon Melantho Mentes Old Man of the Sea Peisistratus Perimedes Perseus Philoetius Polites Polydamna Polyphemus Scylla and Charybdis Sirens Stratichus Tiresias Theoclymenus Thrasymedes

Suitors	Agelaus Amphinomus Antinous Ctesippus Eurymachus Leodes Melanthius

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