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

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

And thus for the first and last time did the Gods give it to Telegonus to look upon the face and hear the voice of his father, Odysseus.

From The World's Desire by Haggard, Henry Rider

It told of the adventures of Odysseus in Thesprotis after the killing of the Suitors, of his return to Ithaca, and his death at the hands of Telegonus, his son by Circe.

From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard)

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