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                    "description": "(Hdn. <i>Gr.<\/i> 1.17, Choerob. <i>in Theod.<\/i> 2.267 H.), later Τελχίν (Choerob. <i>l.c.<\/i>, Sch. rec. A. <i>Pers.<\/i> 353), ῖνος, ὁ, <b>one of the Telchines<\/b>, described as inhabitants of Crete (hence called Τελχινία, St.Byz.), Rhodes (Τελχινίς, Str. 14.2.7), Sicyon (St.Byz. s.v.), Ceos (Call. <i>Fr.<\/i> 9.65 P.), or Cyprus (Paus. 9.19.1), and the first workers in metal; but of ill report as <b>spiteful sorcerers<\/b> (Τ. γόητες Call. <i>l.c.<\/i>), D.S. 5.55, Str. 10.3.19, 14.2.7; — Τελχίνιος [ιν], α, ον, epith. of Apollo, Hera, and the Nymphs, D.S. <i>l.c.<\/i> ; of Athena at Teumessus, Paus. <i>l.c.<\/i> ; — Τελχίνια [ιν], τά, a festival at Delphi, Schwyzer 323 D 9 (iv BC). later, as Appellat. τελχίν, <b>a spiteful person, backbiter<\/b>, Call. <i>Aet.<\/i> Oxy. 2079.1 (pl., glossed by βάσκανοι)· τελχίν τις ἢ δαίμων Sch. rec. A. <i>l.c.<\/i> ; as <i>Adj.<\/i>, τελχῖνες σῆτες βίβλων, of Grammarians, <i>AP<\/i> 11.321 (Phil.); as fem., τ. δεξιά Lib. <i>Or.<\/i> 60.9. τελχῖνες, αἱ, = αἱ ὑπὸ πληγῆς εἰς θάνατον καταφοραί, Hdn. <i>Gr.<\/i> 1.17. (Connected with θέλγειν by ancient Gramm., cf. Ael. Dion. <i>Fr.<\/i> 436, Hsch. s.v. Θελγῖνες ; Τ. was a king of Sicyon acc. to Paus. 2.5.6.)"
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