A.one of the Telchines, described as inhabitants of Crete (hence called Τελχι_νία , St.Byz.), Rhodes (Τελχι_νίς , Str.14.2.7), Sicyon (St.Byz. s.v.), Ceos (Call.Fr. 9.65 P.), or Cyprus (Paus.9.19.1), and the first workers in metal; but of ill report as spiteful sorcerers (Τ. “γόητες” Call. l.c.), D.S.5.55, Str. 10.3.19, 14.2.7:—Τελχίνιος [ι_ν], α, ον, epith. of Apollo, Hera, and the Nymphs, D.S. l.c.; of Athena at Teumessus, Paus.l.c.:—Τελχίνια [ι_ν], τά, a festival at Delphi, Schwyzer 323 D9 (iv B.C.).
Τελχίς (Hdn.Gr.1.17, Choerob.in Theod.2.267 H.), later Τελχίν (Choerob. l.c., Sch. rec. A.Pers.353), ῖνος, ὁ,