In Greek mythology, Teuthras (Ancient Greek: Τεύθρας, gen. Τεύθραντος) was a king of Mysia, and mythological eponym of the town of Teuthrania.
Family
In the Iliad, Teuthras is said to be the father of Axylus.1 Elsewhere, he has a son called Teuthranius with Auge.2 Both died fighting in the Trojan War.
According to Dictys Cretensis, he also fathered Tecmessa.3 Alternatively, she is daughter of the Phrygian Teleutas.4
Mythology
Teuthras 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 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.567 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.89 There even existed a version that made Teuthras biological father of Telephus by Auge.10
Notes
Notes
- Homer, Iliad 6.12ff
- Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle 2.3
- Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle 2.18
- Sophocles, Ajax 210
- Apollodorus, 2.7.4
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.33.10-12
- Hyginus, Fabulae 99-100
- Strabo, Geographica 13.1.69
- Euripides fr. 606
- Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Teuthrania
References
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.