Theoclymenus

[thee-uh-klahy-muh-nuhs]

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. (in theOdyssey ) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.

2. a son of Proteus and Psamathe who succeeded his father as king of Egypt.

Example Sentences

In this play she is rescued from the Egyptian king, Theoclymenus, by a ruse of her husband Menelaus, who brings her safely back to Greece.

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This was a second-sighted man, called Theoclymenus, and he implored Telemachus to take him to Ithaca, for he had slain a man in his own country, who had killed one of his brothers, and now the brothers and cousins of that man were pursuing him to take his life.

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Telemachus rebuked him, and the wooers began to laugh wildly and to weep, they knew not why, but Theoclymenus, the second-sighted man, knew that they were all fey men, that is, doomed to die, for such men are gay without reason.

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Telemachus tells his mother of his journey, and his friend Theoclymenus, who has the gift of second-sight, prophesies the speedy return of Odysseus.

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There is a passage in the Odyssey where the seer Theoclymenus says, in describing a vision of death: “The sun has perished out of heaven.”

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