Telchines
deity earth Greek single tradition · 3
The Telchines were the original rulers of Rhodes who were succeeded by the Heliadae, the seven sons of Helios and Rhodos.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient rulers of Rhodes in Greek mythology, predating the Heliadae.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Curetes, Corybantes, Thalassa, Zeus, Helios, Aphrodite, Phaethon, Rhodos, Ochimus, Cercaphus, Actis, Macar, Candalus, Triopas, Tenages, Electryone, Lampetie, Aigle, Phaethousa, Dactyls
- serves
- Cybele
- sibling of
- Halia
Mentioned by
- Zeus
- Helios
- Aphrodite
- Phaethon
- Rhodos
- Ochimus
- Cercaphus
- Actis
- Macar
- Candalus
- Triopas
- Tenages
- Electryone
- Lampetie
- Aigle
- Phaethousa
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“By Helios, Rhodos was the mother of the Heliadae, who succeeded the Telchines as rulers of Rhodes.”
#11496 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“and the dactyls and Telchines, magicians associated with metalworking.”
#28027 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Halia was the daughter of Thalassa and sister to the Telchines.”
#46233 · extracted by google/gemma-4-31b-it:free