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[German version] (Τεύθρας; Teúthras). Possibly a son of Midius and Arge (IG XI 4,1207); he rules as eponymous king over Teuthrania (Apollod. 2,147) or Mysia (Plut. De fluviis 21,4). The figure of T. is most prominent in connexion with Auge [2] and Telephus [1] (Paus. 8,4,9 with a reference to Hecataeus). Ancient sources (additionally: Apollod. 3,103 f.; Diod.  Sic. 4,33) agree that T. marries Auge, who has been exposed, and raises her son (otherwise: Hyg. Fab. 100; Plut. ibid.  21,4). Plutarch tell…

(Τεύταμος/ Teútamos). [German version] [1] Assyrian king, ally of Priamus (also Tautanes: Aug. Civ. 18,19). According to Diod. Sic. 2,22,2, he is the twentieth Assyrian king after Ninyas [1], who at Priamus' request sends auxiliary troops during the Trojan War. Krebs, Christopher [German version] [2] Son of Dorus (also Τέκταμος/ Téktamos). The son of Dorus, he is the leader of a group of settlers who migrate from Thessaly to Crete (Diod. Sic. 4,60,2). His son Asterion [1] by a Cretan princess is Europe's [2] mortal husband. Krebs, Christopher [German version] [3] Macedonian officer, …

[German version] (Στρόφιος/ Stróphios). Foster-father of Orestes [1]. As son of Crisus and Antipatheia (schol. Eur. Or. 33), S. ruled Crisa in Phocis, which was named after his father, together with his wife, a sister of his friend Agamemnon (Paus. 2,29,4). He was the father of Pylades [1] (Eur. Or. 1402; Ov. Pont. 2,6,25) and Astydameia. Before Agamemnon's murder, Clytaemnestra (or Electra) entrusted Orestes to S. (Aesch. Ag. 880 f.; Hyg. Fab. 117), who brought him up. According to the divergent a…