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

The palace was said to have provided shelter to Telemachus, son of Odysseus and Penelope and a player in epic tales of the Trojan War’s aftermath.

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Stephen Dedalus, Joyce’s alter ego from “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” is thrust into the role of Telemachus, Odysseus’ son, recast as a lofty aesthete grieving the death of his mother while keeping his distance from his overbearing, dissolute father.

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A little boy down the street wrote him a letter saying that when he’d walk his dog at night, he felt safer when he’d see Telemachus outside.

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A customer at the Infiniti dealership where Telemachus worked told of how she texted back and forth with him about the Dodgers.

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Marc Orfanos received a call from Phillips within a day of his son Telemachus’ killing.

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