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(Πτερέλαος/Pterélaos, Πτερέλας/Pterélas, Πτερέλεως/Pteréleōs, Lat. Pterela). Mythical king of the Teleboae. His exact genealogy was already in dispute in Antiquity, but in any case P. is related to Hippothoe [3] and Taphius and is a descendant of Poseidon. From the latter he receives a golden hair that makes him immortal (Nisus [1]). When Amphitryon marches against P. with Cephalus [1], Creon and others (Apollod. 2,51-60), to take revenge for the sons of Electryon, P. resists for a year, until his daughter Comaetho [1] cuts off his hair for love of Amphitryon …