On his return, he found that Odysseus had reached home before him.
During the war, he distinguished himself as the wisest adviser of the Greeks, and finally, the capture of Troy, which the bravery of Achilles could not accomplish, was attained by Odysseus' stratagem of the wooden horse.
Well-known parallels are Odysseus and Telegonis, Rustem and Sohrab.
According to a later legend, Telegonus, the son of Odysseus by Circe, was sent by her in search of his father.
Cast ashore on Ithaca by a storm, he plundered the island to get provisions, and was attacked by Odysseus, whom he slew.
