TE´GEA
TE´GEA (
Τεγέα Steph. B. sub voce a town of Crete, which, according to legend, was founded by Agamemnon. (
Vell. 1.1.)
The coins which Sestini and Pellerin attributed to the Cretan Tegea have been restored by Eckhel (vol. ii. p. 321) to the Arcadian city of that name.
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