Telephos (English spelling)

Japanese: テレフォス(英語表記)Tēlephos
Telephos (English spelling)
In Greek legend, King of Mysia in Asia Minor. Son of Hercules. When the Greek army on a campaign against Troy landed in Mysia by mistake, Telephus was wounded by Achilles' spear while fighting back against them. He received an oracle at Delphi that said, "He who wounds shall also heal," so he visited Achilles and had his wound healed by the rust of Achilles' spear. In return, Telephus showed the Greek army the way to Troy. Euripides based this story on the tragedy Telephus (performed in 438 BC, no longer extant), but the comic poet Aristophanes greatly ridiculed it for its overly realistic lines.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ギリシア伝説で,小アジアのミュシア王。ヘラクレスの子。トロイア遠征のギリシア軍が誤ってミュシアに上陸したとき,これを迎え撃ってアキレウスの槍に傷つけられたが,デルフォイで〈傷つけたものがまたいやすべし〉との神託を得たためアキレウスのもとを訪れ,彼の槍の錆によって傷をいやされた。テレフォスはその返礼としてギリシア軍にトロイアへの航路を教えたという。エウリピデスはこの話に取材して悲劇《テレフォス》(前438上演,現存せず)をつくったが,そのあまりにも写実的なせりふは喜劇詩人アリストファネスの大いに揶揄(やゆ)するところとなった。

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