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|Text=[[Τέκμησσα]], ἡ, or say, [[daughter of Teleutas]].
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Tē̆cmessa</b>: ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[daughter]] of [[king]] [[Teuthras]], and [[mistress]] of [[Ajax]], the [[son]] of [[Telamon]], Hor. C. 2, 4, 6; Ov. A. A. 3, 517.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Tecmēssa</b>,¹⁴ æ, f. ([[Τέκμησσα]]), Tecmesse [femme d’[[Ajax]] : Hor. O. 2, 4, 6 ; Ov. Ars 3, 517.
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{{Georges
|georg=Tecmēssa, ae, f. ([[Τέκμησσα]]), [[Tochter]] [[des]] [[Teuthras]], [[Geliebte]] [[des]] telamonischen [[Ajax]], Hor. carm. 2, 4, 6. Ov. art. am. 3, 517. – [[Titel]] [[einer]] [[Tragödie]] [[des]] J. Cäsar [[Strabo]], Mar. Victorin. 1, 4, 3. p. 8, 10 K. – / Archaist. gedehnte [[Form]] Tecumēssa u. Tecumēsa, Mar. Victorin. 1, 4, 3. p. 8. 7, u. 8; 1, 4, 10. p. 9, 21 K.; vgl. Ritschl opusc. 2, 475.
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|wketx=The name [[Tecmessa]] (Ancient Greek: [[Τέκμησσα]], Tékmēssa) refers to the following characters in Greek mythology:

* Tecmessa, daughter of Teleutas, King of Phrygia, or Teuthras, King of Teuthrania in Mysia, or Tethras or Teuthas. During the Trojan War, Telamonian Ajax kills Tecmessa's father and takes her captive; his reason for doing so may have been, as the 1st-century BC Roman poet, Horace, wrote, that Ajax was captivated by Tecmessa's beauty. In Sophocles' Ajax, Tecmessa unsuccessfully tries to dissuade Ajax from committing suicide. She is the first to find his corpse, which she promptly covers with her own clothing to prevent further heartache. Their infant son, Eurysaces, however, survives the incident.
* Tecmessa, one of the Amazons killed by Heracles in his quest for the girdle of Hippolyte.
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|trtx=az: Tekmessa; ca: Tecmessa; de: Tekmessa; el: Τέκμησσα; en: Tecmessa; fr: Tecmesse fille de Téleutas; it: Tecmessa; ja: テクメーッサ; nds: Tekmessa; nl: Tecmessa; ru: Текмесса; uk: Текмесса
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