Althaemenes

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Althaemenes is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a Cretan prince whose attempt to avoid an oracle’s prophecy tragically led him to kill his father.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cretan prince
figure in Greek mythology
actionTakenRegardingProphecy left Crete to avoid killing his father
associatedMoral danger of trying to escape prophecy
inevitability of fate
associatedPlace Mount Atabyrus NERFINISHED
associatedWith Rhodes NERFINISHED
oracle of Delphi NERFINISHED
awarenessOfVictimIdentity did not recognize Catreus when he killed him
causeOfTragedy attempt to avoid oracle’s prophecy
circumstancesOfPatricide mistook his father for a raider landing on Rhodes
cultActivity founded altars on Rhodes
instituted sacrifices to the gods on Rhodes
culture Ancient Greek religion and mythology NERFINISHED
death died of grief after killing his father
ethnicity Cretan
father Catreus NERFINISHED
foundedSanctuary sanctuary of Zeus Atabyrius on Mount Atabyrus NERFINISHED
gender male
grandfather Minos NERFINISHED
killed Catreus NERFINISHED
languageOfName Ancient Greek
literarySource Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.2.1–2 NERFINISHED
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5.59 NERFINISHED
mannerOfKillingFather struck Catreus with a spear
migrationDestination Rhodes NERFINISHED
mythologicalCycle Cretan royal house of Minos NERFINISHED
mythologicalTheme patricide
self-fulfilling prophecy
nameInGreek Ἀλθαίμενης NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction example of tragic irony in Greek myth
origin Crete NERFINISHED
prophecy he would kill his father Catreus
prophecyType oracle of patricide
reactionToPatricide overwhelmed with grief
receivedOracleFrom Delphi NERFINISHED
roleOnRhodes leader of Cretan colonists
settledOn Rhodes NERFINISHED
sibling Aerope NERFINISHED
Apemosyne NERFINISHED
Clymene NERFINISHED
worshippedDeity Zeus Atabyrius NERFINISHED

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Catreus offspring Althaemenes