[1] They were said to descend from one Teleboas, a son of Pterelaus and brother of Taphius, the eponym of the Taphians.
[2] After dwelling for a time on the mainland, the Teleboans settled on the island of Taphos which was populated by their kinsmen.
[2] From the island the two tribes led piratical raids across Greece, and the names "Teleboan" and "Taphian" were later taken to refer to any inhabitant of Taphos.
[3] The Taphians and Teleboans murdered the brothers of Alcmene (to whom both tribes were related), a crime punished by her husband Amphitryon's sacking of their villages with the help of the Boeotians, Locrians and Phocians.
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