Teucer
Britishnoun
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a Cretan leader, who founded Troy
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a son of Telamon and Hesione, who distinguished himself by his archery on the side of the Greeks in the Trojan War
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While Peleus is constraint by no such laws, Nor Teucer.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
His brother Teucer used to stand behind his shield and aim arrows at the Trojans.
From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
"Dost thou not see bold Teucer here, "And him—no tardy chariotteer; "Who both pursue with eager force, "And both controul the thundering horse.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip
He claimed descent from Teucer, half-brother of Ajax, son of Telamon, and his family had long been rulers of Salamis until supplanted by a Phoenician exile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
Teucer came the ninth, stretching his bent 277 bow, and stood under the shield of Telamonian Ajax.
From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois
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