Tecmessa (daughter of Teleutas)

In Greek mythology, Tecmessa (Ancient Greek: Τέκμησσα, romanized: Tékmēssa) is a princess from Phrygia, a region in western Asia Minor, daughter of king Teleutas. During the Trojan War Tecmessa's homeland was raided by the Greeks, and Tecmessa herself became a war-prize of Ajax the Greater, one of the strongest Greek warriors. Tecmessa comforted Ajax after his divine-induced madness caused him to attack herds, and mourned his death when he decided to kill himself.

Tecmessa is mostly known from her appearance in the ancient Greek tragedy Ajax, a play by Sophocles, in which she tries to dissuade the shame-stricken Ajax from killing himself, and grieves his demise when she fails.