49/122 This Teucer, who was a Greek, must be carefully distinguished from the founder of the Trojans. He was a son of the king of Salamis, and on his return from the Trojan war was exiled by his father. He fled to Dido's father Belus, and with the help of the latter founded a new kingdom in Cyprus. Bacchus was the god of wine and feasting. An oracle said that the citadel of Troy would never be taken as long as the _Palladium_, or image of Pallas, remained in it. |