:''This article is about King Teucer, son of
Scamander and
Idaea, for Teucer, son of King
Telamon of
Salamis, see
Teucer.''
In
Greek mythology, 'King Teucer' (also 'Teucrus') was said to have been the son of the river
Scamander and of the nymph
Idaea. Before the arrival of
Dardanus, the land that would come to be called
Dardania (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".
Family Tree
References
★ Apollodorus, ''
Apollodorus: The Library'', translated by Sir James George Frazer, Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press and London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Volume 2: ISBN 0-674-99136-2. Book 3, chapter 12, paragraphs 1–3.''
See also
★
Teucer
★
Tjeker