Androgeus

Androgeos

Son of Minos, killed by the Minotaur.

Genealogy

Crete, Pasiphae

Minos

Acalle, Aria, Catreus, Chryses, Deucalion, Eurymedon, Euxanthius, Glaucus, Minotaur, Nephalion, Phaedra, Philolaus, Xenodice

Alcaeus, Sthenelus

Places
  1. Athens
  2. Crete
  3. Marathon
  4. Paros
  5. Thebes
Events
  1. Minos marries Pasiphae, has children
  2. Androgeus wins the games at the Panathenian festival
  3. Aegeus sends Androgeus against the bull of Marathon, which kills him
  4. Androgeus is murdered by his competitors in the games in honor of Laius
  5. Minos learns about the death of Androgeus while sacrificing to the Charites
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.9
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.2
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.4
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.7
  5. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 1.2
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 1.4
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 27.10
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