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In Greek mythology, Teleboas (/təˈlɛbəs/; Ancient Greek: Τηλεβόαν means 'shouting afar') may refer to the following figures:

  • Teleboas, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon[1] either by the naiad Cyllene,[2] Nonacris[3] or by unknown woman. He and his brothers were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged Zeus threw the meal over the table. Teleboas was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[4]
  • Teleboas, a son of Pterelaus (son of Lelex) and brother of Taphius.[5] In some accounts, he was instead called the son of a daughter of Lelex and had 22 sons who dwelt in Leucas. Teleboas' descendants, the Teleboans, were believed to have settled in Acarnania.[6]
  • Teleboas, a centaur who fought against the Lapiths at Pirithous' wedding. He was killed by Nestor.[7]

Notes

  1. Apollodorus, 3.8.1; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 481
  2. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1
  3. Pausanias, 8.17.6
  4. Apollodorus, 3.8.1
  5. Eustathius on Homer, p. 1473; Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.747
  6. Strabo, 7. p. 322 & p. 459
  7. Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.441

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