Telemachus

[ tuh-lem-uh-kuhs ]

nounClassical Mythology.
  1. the son of Odysseus and Penelope who helped Odysseus to kill the suitors of Penelope.

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How to use Telemachus in a sentence

  • It was her adroit planning which brought together the long lost father and his son Telemachus, with the faithful wife Penelope.

    Greek Sculpture | Estelle M. Hurll
  • Telemachus is told to remove the warlike harness of Odysseus from the hall, lest the wooers use it in the coming fray.

    Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang
  • But the only Russian books that I could procure were an old grammar, a lexicon, and a bad translation of Telemachus.

    Troy and its Remains | Henry (Heinrich) Schliemann
  • They remain about her palace, playing at games, feasting and wasting her substance and that of her son, Telemachus.

  • She had first called herself his Mentor; but he had accepted the name and had addressed her as her Telemachus.

    Phineas Finn | Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for Telemachus

Telemachus

/ (tɪˈlɛməkəs) /


noun
  1. Greek myth the son of Odysseus and Penelope, who helped his father slay his mother's suitors

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