Concerning Telete's birth, it is related that Nicaea was ashamed of having been made pregnant by Dionysus, and even attempted to hang herself; nevertheless, in due time a daughter was born to her.

The Horae were said to have served as midwives at Telete's birth.

[1] Telete was destined by Dionysus to become a follower of himself and his son Iacchus, her half-brother.

[2] Pausanias mentions a statue of Telete in the sanctuary of the Heliconian Muses in Boeotia.

[3] Telete was associated with nighttime festivities and ritual dances in honor of Dionysus,[4] and has been interpreted as a goddess of initiation into the Bacchic rites.