Telaira

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Telaira, also spelled Télaïre, is a princess who loves Castor but is loved by Pollux. She expresses grief to her friend Phoebe and later asks Pollux to seek Jupiter’s help to restore Castor.

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When

Attested period
1779 – 1779
Historical notes
Appears in the 1779 opera "Castore e Polluce".

Relationships

sibling of
Febe
consort of
Castore

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Sources

Source passages

“If he does what Telaira says and manages to persuade Jupiter to restore his brother to life, he knows he will lose the chance to marry her.”

#45331 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free

“so that the latter can rejoin his lover Telaira. This causes many complications, not least with Telaira's sister (and Polluce's lover) Febe.”

#45360 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free