Tegea

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

TE´GEA(ΤεγέαSteph. B. s. v.), a town of Crete, which, according to legend, was founded by Agamemnon. (Vellei. 1.1.) The coins which Sestini and Pellerin attributed to the Cretan Tegea have been restored by Eckhel (vol. 2. p. 321) to the Arcadian city of that name.
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