Editing Telchines (section)

== Mythology ==
The Telchines were entrusted by [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]] with the upbringing of Poseidon, which they accomplished with the aid of [[Capheira]], one of [[Oceanus]]' daughters.<ref name=":1" /> Another version says that Rhea accompanied them to Crete from Rhodes, where nine of the Telchines, known as the [[Korybantes|Curetes]], were selected to bring up [[Zeus]].<ref>Strabo, ''Geographica'' 10.3.19 p. 653</ref>

However, in other versions of the tale, Rhea, Apollo, and Zeus were described as hostile to the Telchines.<ref>[[Scholia]] ad [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' 1.1141</ref> The gods ([[Zeus]], [[Poseidon]] or [[Apollo]]) eventually killed them because they began to use magic for malignant purposes;<ref name="ReferenceB">Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 7.365 ff</ref> particularly, they produced a mixture of [[Styx|Stygian]] water and sulfur, which killed animals and plants<ref name=":4" /> (according to [[Nonnus]], they did so as revenge for being driven out of Rhodes by the [[Heliadae]]).<ref name=":3" /> Accounts vary on how exactly they were destroyed: by flood<ref name="ReferenceB" /> or Zeus's thunderbolt<ref name="Pindar, Paean 5">[[Pindar]], ''Paean'' 5</ref> or Poseidon's trident<ref name="ReferenceC">Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' 18.35</ref> or else Apollo assumed the shape of a wolf to kill them.<ref name=":2" /><ref>[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]], ''Commentary on [[Virgil|Virgil's]] [[Aeneid]]'' 4.377</ref> They apparently lost the [[Titanomachy]], the battle between the gods and the [[Titan (mythology)|Titans]].

[[Ovid]] in his ''[[Ibis (Ovid)|Ibis]]'' mentions that Makelo, like the other Telchines, was killed with a thunderbolt;<ref>[[Ovid]], ''Ibis'' 475</ref> according to [[Callimachus]]<ref>Callimachus, ''Aitia'' fr. 3.1</ref> and [[Nonnus]],<ref name="ReferenceC" /> however, Makelo was the only one to be spared. According to [[Bacchylides]], the survivor is Dexithea.<ref name="Bacchylides, Fragment 1" /><ref name="Pindar, Paean 5" /> Bacchylides also mentions that Dexithea later had a son [[Euxanthios]] by [[Minos]].<ref>Confirmed by the account of [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.1.2</ref> This Euxanthios is also known from [[Pindar]]'s works.<ref name="Pindar, Paean 5" />

In rare accounts, the Telchines were originally the dogs of [[Actaeon]], who were changed into men.<ref name=":2" />