Cretans

The Cretans were a peoples who resided in Crete, the largest of the Aegean Sea islands. They lived mainly in Knossos.

Rulers

 * 1) Tectamus, son of Dorus
 * 2) Asterion, son of Tectamus
 * 3) Rhadamanthys, step-son of Asterion, son of Europa and Zeus, became a judge in the Underworld, brother of Sarpedon, king of Lycia
 * 4) Minos, step-son of Asterion, son of Europa and Zeus became a judge in the Underworld, married to Pasiphae, daughter of Helios, brother of Sarpedon, king of Lycia
 * 5) Catreus, son of Minos, killed by his own son beacuse of a prophecy
 * 6) Deucalion, son of Minos, refused to participate in the Trojan War
 * 7) Idomeneus, son of Deucalion, led the Cretans in the Trojan War
 * 8) Leucus, committed adultery with Medea, Idomeneus' wife and usurped the kingship