Telchis

:"Telchis" is also the singular form of "Telchines".

In Greek mythology, Telchis ({{langx|grc|Τελχίς|lit=one of the Telchines}}) may refer to two different or the same characters:

• Telchis or Telchin, the third king of Sicyon who reigned for 20 years.Eusebius, Chronographia [https://topostext.org/work/531#63 63] He was the son and successor of Europs, thus grandson of the primeval king Aegialeus. Telchis' heir was his own son Apis to whom was subsequently born Thelxion.Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.5.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=2:chapter=5&highlight=Telchis 2.5.6]

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• Telchis, an Argive companion of Thelxion. The two are said to have deposed and killed the Argive Apis, son of Phoroneus and Teledice, who had left no offspring.Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=2:chapter=1&highlight=Telchis 2.1.1]; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 177 Apis' death was later avenged on them by Argus Panoptes.Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=2:chapter=1&highlight=Apis 2.1.2]