person
Telephus
Son of Hercules and king of Mysia, wounded by Achilles' spear and later healed by its rust; the proverbial case of one weapon that both wounds and cures.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.2 the Mysian chief
Telephus, king of Mysia, wounded by Achilles' spear and healed only by its rust; an emblem that the hand which harms can also heal — Ovid's hope of Augustus.
- Ibis §8 sucked a hind's udders
Telephus, suckled by a hind, wounded by Achilles' spear and healed by its rust ('aid from the unarmed').
- Metamorphoses §12.357 Telephus
Son of Hercules and king of Mysia, wounded (and the wound twice 'felt') by Achilles's spear.
- Metamorphoses §13.392 Telephus
King of Mysia, wounded and then healed by Achilles's spear.
- The Cure for Love §2 Hercules' foe
Telephus, son of Hercules and king of Mysia, wounded by Achilles' spear and healed by its rust — the figure for one hand giving both wound and cure.
- Sorrows §2.1 Teuthrantian
Telephus, king of Teuthrania (Mysia), wounded and later healed by Achilles' spear; Ovid's hope that the Muse that hurt him may also heal.