Tecmessa

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Sophocles, Antigone, 722

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Τέκμησσα, ἡ, or say, daughter of Teleutas.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Tē̆cmessa: ae, f.,
I a daughter of king Teuthras, and mistress of Ajax, the son of Telamon, Hor. C. 2, 4, 6; Ov. A. A. 3, 517.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Tecmēssa,¹⁴ æ, f. (Τέκμησσα), Tecmesse [femme d’Ajax : Hor. O. 2, 4, 6 ; Ov. Ars 3, 517.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.

Wikipedia EN

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.

Translations

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