Telemachus

[ tuh-lem-uh-kuhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. the son of Odysseus and Penelope who helped Odysseus to kill the suitors of Penelope.

Telemachus

/ tɪˈlɛməkəs /

noun

1. Greek myth the son of Odysseus and Penelope, who helped his father slay his mother's suitors

Example Sentences

It was her adroit planning which brought together the long lost father and his son Telemachus, with the faithful wife Penelope.

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Telemachus is told to remove the warlike harness of Odysseus from the hall, lest the wooers use it in the coming fray.

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But the only Russian books that I could procure were an old grammar, a lexicon, and a bad translation of Telemachus.

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They remain about her palace, playing at games, feasting and wasting her substance and that of her son, Telemachus.

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She had first called herself his Mentor; but he had accepted the name and had addressed her as her Telemachus.

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