Tegeates

A son of Lycaon, and the reputed founder of Tegea in Arcadia.1 He was married to Maera, a daughter of Atlas, by whom he had Leimon and Scephrus;2 Gortys, Cydon, and Archedius are also mentioned as his sons.

His tomb was shown at Tegea.3

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References

Notes

  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece viii, 3.1, 45.1.
  2. ibid. viii, 53.1.
  3. ibid. viii, 48.4.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.