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Telemachus Definition

Te·lema·chus (tə lem′ə kəs)

noun

Gr. Legend the son of Odysseus and Penelope: he helps his father slay his mother's suitors

Etymology: L < Gr Tēlemachos

Telemachus Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • godlike: But when they had offered the wine and drunk deep themselves, Athene and godlike Telemachus were ready to return to their hollow ship.
  • royal: Then royal Telemachus intervened: ' Zeus must have addled my wits, indeed!

Noun used with modifier

  • son: Athena also decides to visit Ithaca to see Odysseus ' son Telemachus.
Telemachus Quotes

This is my son, mine ownTelemachus.

—Tennyson