Teucer

Teucer, in Greek mythology, the name of two heroes, one Trojan and the other Greek. Teucer the Trojan was the son of the river god Scamander and the nymph Idaea, and was the first king of Troy. He is thought to be a hero invented by the Teucri, the founders of the city of Troy. Teucer the Greek was the son of Telamon, king of Salamis, and of Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy. He accompanied his half-brother Ajax to the Trojan War, in which he distinguished himself by his archery. After the war Teucer was banished by his father because he had not prevented the death of Ajax, whereupon he sailed to the island of Cyprus and there founded another Salamis.