Thelpusa

Thelpusa (Greek Θέλπουσα, also known as Telphusa (Τέλφουσα) or Thelphusa (Θέλφουσα)) is an Arcadian naiad in Greek mythology. Her father was the river god Ladon. [1] It gave its name to the city of the same name Thelphusa. [2] The name of the nymph is documented several times in inscriptions, on Crete there was a sanctuary dedicated to her, probably Arcadian emigrants, so that a cult can also be assumed in Arcadia itself.

literature

Otto Höfer: Telphusa 1. In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology. Volume 5, Leipzig 1924, column 349 (digitized version).

Individual evidence

τοῦ δὲ ἱεροῦ τούτου σταδίους τεσσαράκοντα μάλιστα ἀφέστηκεν ἡ πόλις: τεθῆναι δὲ αὐτῇ ὄνομα ἀπὸ νύμφης λέγουσι Θελπούσης, ταύτην δὲ θυγατέρα εἶναι Λάδωνος. τῷ δὲ Λάδωνι ἄρχεται μὲν τὸ ὕδωρ ἐν πηγαῖς τῆς Κλειτορίας, καθὰ ὁ λόγος ἐδήλωσεν ἤδη μοι: ῥεῖ δὲ πρῶτον μὲν παρὰ Λευκάσιον χωρίον καὶ Μεσόβοα καὶ διὰ τῶν Νάσων ἐπί τε Ὄρυγα τὸν καὶ Ἁλοῦντα ὀνομαζόμενον, ἐξ Ἁλοῦντος δὲ ἐπὶ Θαλιάδας τε καὶ ἐπὶ Δήμητρος ἱερὸν κάτεισιν Ἐλευσινίας.

Pausanias 8, 25, 2.

Τέλφουσα, πόλις Ἀρκαδίας, ἀπὸ νύμφης λεγομένης Τελφούσης, θυγατρὸς Λάδωνος. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Τελφούσιος. τὸ θηλυκὸν Τελφουσία. Λυκόφρων δίκης ἐάσει τάρροθος Τελφουσία. ἔστι καὶ Βοιωτίας Τελφούσιον, Στράβων ἐνάτῃ. Ἔφορος δὲ Τιλφωσαῖον ὄρος ἐν Ἀλαλκομενίᾳ. Πίνδαρος δὲ καὶ Κηφισίδα καλεῖ ταύτην. ἔστι καὶ Βοιωτίας Τίλφωσα κρήνη καὶ ὄρος, ἀπὸ Τιλφούσης. Ἡρωδιανὸς δὲ Τιλφῶσσα φησίν.

Stephanos of Byzantium s.v. Τέλφουσα.

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