< Cleolaus, son of Minos >

1 Origin

Cleolaus was born in Cnossus, Crete, in 1270 BC.

2 Family

Cleolaus' father was Minos.

3 Others

In 1235 BC, Daedalus' son Iapyx led a group of immigrants from Crete to the southeastern part of the Italian peninsula.

Cleolaus who was among them, led a new group of immigrants and settled in Apulia, in the southeastern part of the Italian peninsula. Cleolaus named his tribe Daunii after his son Daunus.

Euippe, the daughter of Daunus, the son of Cleolaus, married Diomedes, the son of Tydeus, who led the Aetolians to Apulia.