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

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

Disengage yourself from anything that may retard you, nor contemplate the ever marshy Tibur, and the sloping fields of Aesula, and the hills of Telegonus the parricide.

From The Works of Horace by Horace

Telegonus, on learning his mistake, transports his father's body with Penelope and Telemachus to his mother's island, where Circe makes them immortal, and Telegonus marries Penelope, and Telemachus Circe.

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

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

Other incidents are narrated; the final winding-up is that Ulysses is unwittingly slain by Telegonus, his and Circe's son, who appears in Ithaca and takes Telemachus and Penelope to Circe, who makes them immortal.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques