Telephus
Greek · quartigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Cross-tradition: Greek by paternity, Anatolian by raising and reign. Pergamon hero-cult.
Parentage
Children
Domains
- kingship
- city founding
Powers
- physical strength extreme
- Be wounded and healed by the same Achillean spear
Epithets
- Τήλεφος 'far-shining' / the deer-suckled (telos + elaphos)Etymological wordplay in Apollodorus 2.7.4 (suckled by a deer) (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: Astyoche daughter of Laomedon
- father of: Eurypylus son of TelephusHomer, Odyssey 11.519-22; Apollod. Epit. 5.12 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Apollod. 3.9.1, epit. 3.17-20 (primary)