Telchines
Americanplural noun
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The traditions of Rhodes only supposed the Telchines, those of Crete Jasion, to have escaped the cataclysm.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
Like the Curetes and Telchines they are mythical types of prehistoric workmen and architects, and as such the objects of worship.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
The mountains of Germany and Scandinavia are under the governance of a set of metallurgic divinities, who agree with the Cabiri, Hephæsti, Telchines, and Idæan Dactyli.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
Still more difficult is it to make this distinction when we read of the mythical Dactyls of Ida in Crete or the Telchines or Cyclopes being acquainted with the smelting of χαλκός.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
This is considered an allusion to the Telchines who lived before the Heliadai in Rhodes, and were magicians as well as craftsmen.
From The Extant Odes of Pindar by Pindar
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