(Ancient Greek: Τεγεάτης) was an Arcadian prince as son of King Lycaon,[1] and the reputed eponymous founder and of Tegea.
[2] Tegeates was married to Maera, daughter of Atlas, by whom he had five sons: Archedius, Gortys, Cydon, Leimon and Scephrus; Tegeates' and Maera's tombs were shown at Tegea.
Leimon, suspecting that his brother was charging against him, killed Scephrus.
For his crime, Leimon was shot by Artemis; afterwards, despite Tegeates and Maera offering sacrifices to propitiate the gods, famine fell on the land.
To avert the calamity, rites in honor of Scephrus were instituted and have since then been performed during the festival of Apollo Agyieus: as part of the ritual, a priestess of Artemis pursued a man, imitating Artemis' pursuit of Leimon.