Teuthras (ruler of Teuthrania)

Teuthras finds an eye on the beach, from the Telephos frieze

Teuthras ( ancient Greek Τεύθρας ) is the eponymous ruler of Teuthrania or Mysia in Greek mythology .

Teuthras is best known in connection with the story of Augen and their son Telephos . Most sources report that he marries Eye and raises Telephos. Another story is passed down by Pseudo- Plutarch : Here Teuthras killed one of the boars, sacred to Artemis Orthosia, on Mount Thrasyllos , whereupon she punishes him with madness. With the help of the seer Polyidos, his mother was able to appease the goddess, which led to his healing. He then named the mountain Teuthras, today a mountain north of Bergama in Turkey.

Teuthras is possibly a son of Midios and Arge .

literature

Philippe Bruneau: Teuthras . In: Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Volume 000008VIII, Zurich / Munich 1997, pp. 1197–1198.
Christopher B. Krebs: Teuthras. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01470-3 , Sp. 209.
Ludwig Ruhl : Teuthras 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 5, Leipzig 1924, Col. 438-440 ( digitized version ).

credentials

^ Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 147.
^ Plutarch , de fluviis 21, 4.
↑ Apollodorus 3,103 f .; Pausanias 8,4,9; Diodorus 4.33.
↑ IG XI 4, 1207 .

[1] Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 147.

[2] Plutarch , de fluviis 21, 4.

[3] Apollodorus 3,103 f .; Pausanias 8,4,9; Diodorus 4.33.

[4] IG XI 4, 1207 .