Tektaphos (India)

Tektaphos ( Greek  Τέκταφος ) is an Indian prince in Greek mythology .

He was thrown into a cave by King Deriades to starve to death. His daughter Eerie came to his aid. She asked the posted guards to enter, under the pretext of being able to close her dying father's eyes. However, since she had just given birth to a child, her breasts were full of milk, which she gave her father to drink. Deriades found out about the matter and released Tektaphos out of admiration for the daughter's love.

literature

• Otto Höfer : Tektaphos 2) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 5, Leipzig 1924, Col. 214 f. ( Digitized version ).