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

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.