page_title: Telephus
section_title: Birth to adulthood
hierarchical_section_title: Telephus / Birth to adulthood
caption_attribution_description: Affresco: Ercole ritrova suo figlio Telefo in Arcadia English: Hercules and Telephos. Roman fresco in the Augusteum (so called Basilica) at Herculaneum. Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples) Nr. 9008
context_page_description: In Greek mythology, Telephus was the son of Heracles and Auge, who was the daughter of king Aleus of Tegea. He was adopted by Teuthras, the king of Mysia, in Asia Minor, whom he succeeded as king. Telephus was wounded by Achilles when the Achaeans came to his kingdom on their way to sack Troy and bring Helen back to Sparta, and later healed by Achilles. He was the father of Eurypylus, who fought alongside the Trojans against the Greeks in the Trojan War. Telephus' story was popular in ancient Greek and Roman iconography and tragedy. Telephus' name and mythology were possibly derived from the Hittite god Telepinu.
caption: Heracles finds Telephus suckled by a deer, with Arkadia, Pan and a winged Virgo looking on, first century AD. Naples, National Archaeological Museum 9008.[4]
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