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In Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
, King Teucer (also Teucrus) was said to have been the son of the river Scamander
Scamander

In Greek mythology, Scamander was a river god, son of Oceanus and Tethys according to Hesiod. Scamander is also thought of as the river god, son of Zeus....
 and of the nymph Idaea
Idaea

Idaea can mean:* Idaea , a genus of geometer moths, including Idaea aversata, Idaea biselata and Idaea seriata.* In Greek mythology, Idaea was a nymph, wife of Scamander and mother of King Teucer....
. Before the arrival of Dardanus
Dardanus

In Greek mythology, Dardanus was a son of Zeus and Electra , daughter of Atlas , and founder of the city of Dardania on Mount Ida in the Troad....
, the land that would come to be called Dardania
Dardania (Asia minor)

Dardania in Greek mythology is the name of a city founded on Mount Ida by Dardanus from which also the region and the people took their name. It lay on the Hellespont, and is the source of the strait's modern name, the Dardanelles....
 (and later still the Troad) was known as Teucria and the inhabitants as Teucrians, after Teucer. Batea, King Teucer's daughter, was given in marriage to Dardanus, and after Teucer's death the land came to be known as Dardania.






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In Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
, King Teucer (also Teucrus) was said to have been the son of the river Scamander
Scamander

In Greek mythology, Scamander was a river god, son of Oceanus and Tethys according to Hesiod. Scamander is also thought of as the river god, son of Zeus....
 and of the nymph Idaea
Idaea

Idaea can mean:* Idaea , a genus of geometer moths, including Idaea aversata, Idaea biselata and Idaea seriata.* In Greek mythology, Idaea was a nymph, wife of Scamander and mother of King Teucer....
. Before the arrival of Dardanus
Dardanus

In Greek mythology, Dardanus was a son of Zeus and Electra , daughter of Atlas , and founder of the city of Dardania on Mount Ida in the Troad....
, the land that would come to be called Dardania
Dardania (Asia minor)

Dardania in Greek mythology is the name of a city founded on Mount Ida by Dardanus from which also the region and the people took their name. It lay on the Hellespont, and is the source of the strait's modern name, the Dardanelles....
 (and later still the Troad) was known as Teucria and the inhabitants as Teucrians, after Teucer. Batea, King Teucer's daughter, was given in marriage to Dardanus, and after Teucer's death the land came to be known as Dardania. Yet in later times, the people of Troy often referred to themselves as "Teucrians".

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  • Teucer
    Teucer

    In Greek mythology Teucer, also Teucrus or Teucris , was the son of King Telamon of Salamis Island and his second wife Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy....
  • Tjeker
    Tjeker

    The Tjekker or Tjeker were one of the Sea Peoples and are known mainly from the Story of Wenamun The name tkr/skl has been transliterated variously as Tjekru, Tjekker, skl, Sikil, Djekker, etc....