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Mythology (12)

Ancient myths

Auge & Telephus

PERGAMOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Telephus was the son of Heracles and Auge, daughter of Aleus. He succeeded Teuthras in the princedom of Mysia.

Eponymous founders or settlers

Teuthras

TEFTHRANIA (Ancient city) TURKEY

Founders

Menestheus of Athens

EGIROESSA (Ancient city) TURKEY
. . . Elaea, with harbor and naval station belonging to the Attalic Kings, which was founded by Menestheus and the Athenians who took the expedition with him to Ilium.

Heroes

Telephos (alt. Telephus)

Son of Herakles and Auge, king of the Mysians.

Grynus

TEFTHRANIA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Grynus, a son of the Mysian Eurypylus, who after his father's death invited Pergamus, the son of Neoptolemus and Andromache, to assist him against his enemies. After he had gained a victory over them, he built, in commemoration of it, two towns, Pergamus and Grynus. (Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. vi. 72)

Heroines

Hiera

PERGAMOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Hiera, the wife of Telephus, who in the Trojan war commanded the Mysian women on horseback. Late traditions described her as excelling in beauty Helena herself. She fell by the hand of Nireus. (Philostr. Her. ii. 18.)

Historic figures

Pergamus

TEFTHRANIA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Son of Neoptolemus and Andromache, conquers Teuthrania and calls it Pergamus (Perseus Encyclopedia).

Kings

Teuthras

PERGAMOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Prince of Teuthrania, marries Auge, a prince in valley of Caicus, receives and marries Auge, daughter of Aleus, adopts Telephus and is succeeded by him in the princedom.

Telephos

TEFTHRANIA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Son of Herakles by Auge, exposed on Mount Parthenius and suckled by doe, crosses to Asia with Arcadians, attacks Greek army in Mysia, adopted by Teuthras, prince of Mysia, and succeeds to the princedom, king of the Mysians, chases the Greek invaders, fights Achilles, wounded by Achilles, healed by Achilles with the rust of his spear, shows the Greeks the way to Troy, slays Thersander, dedicates bronze bowl to Apollo, mentioned in hymns at Pergamus, sacrifices offered to him at Pergamus, statue on Mt. Helicon, represented in gable of temple of Athena Alea at Tegea, father of Eurypylus.

Telephos

Perseus Project Index. Total results on 28/3/2001: 85 for Telephos, 94 for Telephus.

Personifications

Telesphorus

PERGAMOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Deity at Pergamus, same as Euamerion at Titane.

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