Tegyrios
Tegyrios ( Greek Τεγύριος ) was king of the Thracians in Greek mythology .
He took in the exiled Eumolpos , whose son Ismaros married the daughter of Tegyrios. However, when Eumolpos wanted to overthrow him from the throne, he was expelled from the country by Tegyrios.
However, as he died, Tegyrios forgave him and bequeathed his kingdom to him.
literature
- Karl Kerényi : The mythology of the Greeks - The stories of gods and mankind , dtv, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-423-30030-2 .
- Michael Grant and John Hazel: Lexicon of Ancient Myths and Figures . dtv, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-32508-9 .
- Robert von Ranke-Graves : Greek Mythology - Sources and Interpretation . rororo, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-499-55404-6 .