Idomeneus , Gate Theatre, London
Gate Theatre, London: According to Homer's Iliad, Idomeneus, King of Crete, was a general in the Greek army which sacked Troy. What happened to him afterwards varies according to different storytellers: perhaps he promised Poseidon that, in return for saving his storm-tossed ship, he would sacrifice the first creature he met at home and that was his son. Perhaps not. German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig, kno…