Molus of Crete

In Greek mythology, Molus was the illegitimate son of Deucalion, son of Minos, king of Crete or of Minos instead.

Family

Molus was the father, by Melphis or Euippe, of Meriones, the charioteer of Idomeneus in the Trojan War.

Apollodorus's account

Hyginus's account

Meriones, son of Molus and Melphis, from Crete, with 40 ships.

Mythology

Diodorus Siculus's account

Death

Molus had attempted to violate a nymph but was afterwards found without a head; for at a certain festival in Crete they showed the image of a man without a head, who was called Molus.