Tegeates

Tegeates ( Greek  Τεγεάτης ), son of Lycaon , is a figure in Greek mythology .

He was a grandson of Pelasgos and founder of the Arcadian city ​​of Tegea . His wife was Maira , a daughter of Atlas , with whom he fathered the sons Skephros and Leimon . According to an Arcadian version of the legend, he was also the father of Kydon , Archedios and Gortys , who founded cities on Crete , whereas the Cretans ascribed different fathers to these three city-founders.

literature

• Otto Waser : Tegeates . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 5, Leipzig 1924, column 176 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

1. ^ Pausanias , Travels in Greece 8, 45, 1.
2. ^ Pausanias, Travels in Greece 8, 3, 4.
3. ^ Pausanias, Travels in Greece 8, 48, 6 and 8, 53, 2.
4. ^ Pausanias, Travels in Greece 8, 53, 4.