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

The epic ended by disposing of the surviving personages in a double marriage, Telemachus wedding Circe, and Telegonus Penelope.

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

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

Here, indeed, the incident is outside the drama proper; but cases occur where it falls within the action of the play: one may cite the Alcmaeon of Astydamas, or Telegonus in the Wounded Odysseus.

From The Poetics of Aristotle by Butcher, S. H. (Samuel 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