Teuthras
In Greek mythology, Teuthras was a king of Mysia, and mythological eponym of the town of Teuthrania. He received Auge, the ill-fated mother of Telephus, and either married her or adopted her as his own daughter. Later on, Idas was attempting to dethrone Teuthras and take possession of his kingdom. Telephus, who had previously been instructed by the Delphian oracle to sail to Mysia if he wanted to find out who his mother was, arrived in time to provide aid for Teuthras and successfully defeated Idas. He and Auge then recognized each other. Teuthras gave Telephus his daughter Argiope to wife and, since he had no male children, pronounced him successor to the kingdom of Mysia.[1][2][3] In other versions of the myth, Auge and the young Telephus were not separated, so Teuthras received them both and raised Telephus as his own.[4][5]
The name Teuthras may also refer to:
- A young man of Argos, son of Iphiclus; he was shot to death by the Amazon Hippolyta during the Parthian War.[9]
References
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 7. 4
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 33. 10-12
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 99-100
- ^ Strabo, Geography, 13. 1. 69
- ^ Euripides Fragment 606
- ^ Homer, Iliad, 5. 705
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3. 25. 4
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid, 10. 403
- ^ Latin Anthology, 392 (Traiani Imperatoris e Bello Parthico versus decori), ed. Riese
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