- Τελχίς
- Τελχίς (Hdn.Gr.1.17, Choerob.in Theod.2.267 H.), later [full] Τελχίν (Choerob. l.c., Sch. rec. A.Pers.353), ῖνος, ὁ,A one of the Telchines, described as inhabitants of Crete (hence called [full] Τελχῑνία, St.Byz.), Rhodes ([full] Τελχῑνίς, Str.14.2.7), Sicyon (St.Byz. s.v.), Ceos (Call.Fr. 9.65 P.), or Cyprus (Paus.9.19.1), and the first workers in metal; but of ill report as spiteful sorcerers ([full] Τ.
γόητες Call.
l.c.), D.S.5.55, Str. 10.3.19, 14.2.7:—[full] Τελχίνιος [ῑν], α, ον, epith. of Apollo, Hera, and the Nymphs, D.S. l.c.; of Athena at Teumessus, Paus.l.c.:—[full] Τελχίνια [ῑν], τά, a festival at Delphi, Schwyzer 323 D9 (iv B.C.).II later, as Appellat. τελχίν, a spiteful person, backbiter, Call.Aet.Oxy.2079.1 (pl., glossed by βάσκανοι) ; τελχίν τις ἢ δαίμων Sch.rec.A.l.c.; as Adj., τελχῖνες σῆτες βίβλων, of Grammarians, AP11.321 (Phil.); as fem.,τ. δεξιά Lib.Or.60.9
.III τελχῖνες, αἱ, = αἱ ὑπὸ πληγῆς εἰς θάνατον καταφοραί, Hdn.Gr.1.17. (Connected with θέλγειν by ancient Gramm., cf. Ael.Dion.Fr.436, Hsch. s.v. Θελγῖνες; [full] Τ. was a king of Sicyon acc. to Paus.2.5.6.)
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