Teucer
Family: mythological · Role: mythological ancestor · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 3
In Book 1, Chapter 3, Teucer is named in the pedigree of Evagoras, whose lineage “went up to Teucer and the daughter of Cinyras.” At Piræus in Book 1, Chapter 28, he defended himself before Telamon, denying that he had a hand in the death of Ajax (son of Telamon).
In Book 8, Chapter 15, Teucer is identified as a son of Telamon and brother of Ajax (son of Telamon).
Relationship record
Life events
- Teucer defended himself before Telamon, denying involvement in Ajax’s death.(Book 1 · Chapter 28 · 📍 Piræus)
- With: Telamon Ajax (son of Telamon)
- “Teucer first (the story goes) thus made his defence before Telamon that he had had no hand in the death of Ajax.”
Book 1 · Chapter 3
- with Evagoras (Teucer is presented as an ancestor in Evagoras's pedigree.) “for his pedigree went up to Teucer and the daughter of Cinyras”
- with Evagoras (Evagoras traced his pedigree to Teucer.) “for his pedigree went up to Teucer and the daughter of Cinyras”
Book 1 · Chapter 28
- with Ajax (son of Telamon) (Teucer defended himself against involvement in Ajax's death.) “Teucer first (the story goes) thus made his defence before Telamon that he had had no hand in the death of Ajax.”
- with Telamon (Teucer made his defence before Telamon.) “Teucer first (the story goes) thus made his defence before Telamon that he had had no hand in the death of Ajax.”
Book 2 · Chapter 29
- with Evagoras (Evagoras is identified as a descendant of Teucer.) “the descendants of Teucer were kings of Cyprus down to Evagoras”
Book 8 · Chapter 15
- parent: Telamon (The famous Telamon of Aegina is identified as Teucer's father; the local namesake is not.) “As one was the father of that Elephenor who led the Eubœans to Ilium, and the other the father of Ajax and Teucer, no one will credit that they fell in this battle.”
- siblings with Ajax (son of Telamon) (Ajax and Teucer are the sons named with their famous father Telamon.) “As one was the father of that Elephenor who led the Eubœans to Ilium, and the other the father of Ajax and Teucer, no one will credit that they fell in this battle.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.