Critolaus (mythology)

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Critolaus
Member of the Trojan Royal Family
AbodeTroy
Personal information
ParentsHicetaon
SiblingsMelanippus, Thymoetes, and Antenor
ConsortAristomache

In Greek mythology, Critolaus (/krtˈləs/; Ancient Greek: Κριτολάου or Κριτόλαος Kritolaos) was a member of the Trojan royal family as the son of the Trojan elder Hicetaon, son of King Laomedon of Troy.[1] He was the brother of Melanippus,[2] Thymoetes,[3] and possibly, Antenor.[4] Critolaus married Aristomache (daughter of King Priam) who became a captive after the fall of Troy.[5]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Homer, Iliad 3.147; Apollodorus 3.12.3; Dictys Cretensis, 4.22
  2. ^ Homer, Iliad 15.547 & 576; Strabo, 13.1.7
  3. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 10.132
  4. ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 349; scholia on Iliad 3.201
  5. ^ Pausanias, 10.26.1 with reference to Stesichorus, The Sack of Troy

References[edit]

  • Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library