King Minos as depicted in Dante's InfernoEngraving by Gustave Dore
The Cretans were a peoples who resided in Crete, the largest of the Aegean Sea islands. They lived mainly in Knossos.
Rulers[]
- Tectamus, son of Dorus
- Asterion, son of Tectamus
- Rhadamanthys, step-son of Asterion, son of Europa and Zeus, became a judge in the Underworld, brother of Sarpedon, king of Lycia
- 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
- Catreus, son of Minos, killed by his own son because of a prophecy
- Deucalion, son of Minos, refused to participate in the Trojan War
- Idomeneus, son of Deucalion, led the Cretans in the Trojan War
- Leucus, committed adultery with Meda, Idomeneus' wife and usurped the kingship
Transformed Cretans[]
- Iphis
- Leucippus
- Siproites
| Peoples in Greek mythology | |
|---|---|
| Achaeans | Aeginetans • Aeolians • Aetolians • Arcadians • Argives • Athenians • Boeotians • Corinthians • Cretans • Cypriots • Dorians • Eleans • Epirotes • Euboeans • Ithacans • Lapiths • Locrians • Magnetes • Megarians • Messenians • Minyans • Mycenaeans • Myrmidons • Phocians • Rhodians • Salaminians • Sicyonians • Spartans |
| Anatolians | Carians • Cilicians • Halizones • Idaeans • Larissans • Lycians • Lydians • Maeonians • Mysians • Paphlagonians • Percoteans • Phrygians • Trojans |
| Others | Aethiopians • Amazons • Ciconians • Colchians • Egyptians • Latins • Libyans • Paeonians • Phoenicians • Tenedians • Thracians |