Telegonus

American  

[tuh-leg-uh-nuhs] / təˈlɛg ə nəs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Odysseus and Circe who unknowingly killed his father and eventually married Penelope.

2. a son of Proteus and the husband of Io who was killed by Hercules in a wrestling match.

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Telegonus British  

/ tɪˈlɛɡənəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a son of Odysseus and Circe, who sought his father and mistakenly killed him, later marrying Odysseus' widow Penelope

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Example Sentences

Oh, Telegonus, son of Circe, what wickedness hast thou wrought before the awful Gods that this curse should have been laid upon thee to slay him who begat thee?

From The World's Desire by Haggard, Henry Rider

But one held by the fragments of the wreck, And Ares knew him for Telegonus, Whom heavy-handed Fate had chained to deeds Of dreadful note with sin beyond a name.

From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry

Here the deed is outside the play; but it may be within it, like the act of the Alcmeon in Astydamas, or that of the Telegonus in Ulysses Wounded.

From Aristotle on the art of poetry by Bywater, Ingram

Bitter repentance overtook the son for his undesigned parricide: at his prayer and by the intervention of his mother Circe, both Penelope and Telemachus were made immortal: Telegonus married Penelope, and Telemachus married Circe.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John

We also have his death, a battle between two of his sons, and the marriage of Telemachus and Circe, as well as that of the widowed Penelope to Telegonus, one of Ulysses' descendants.

From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)