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  Telegonus Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In Greek mythology, Telegonus ("born afar") was the youngest son of Circe and Odysseus.
When Telegonus arrives on Ithaca, he approaches Odysseus' house, but the guards do not admit him to see his father; a commotion arises, and Odysseus, thinking it is Telemachus, rushes out and attacks.
In Italian and Roman mythology Telegonus became known as the founder of Tusculum, a city just to the south-east of Rome, and sometimes also as the founder of Praeneste, a city in the same region (modern Palestrina).
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/t/te/telegonus.html   (306 words)

  
 Odysseus - LoveToKnow 1911
The only allusion to his death is contained in the prophecy of Teiresias, who promised him a happy old age and a peaceful death from the sea.
According to a later legend, Telegonus, the son of Odysseus by Circe, was sent by her in search of his father.
Telegonus, accompanied by Penelope and Telemachus, returned to his home with the body of his father, whose identity he had discovered.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Odysseus   (700 words)

  
 Romulus, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
And having come to Ithaca, he drove away some of the cattle, and when Odysseus defended them, Telegonus 3 wounded him with the spear he had in his hands, which was barbed with the spine of a stingray, and Odysseus died of the wound.
Telegonus 3 bitterly lamented what he had done when he learned that he had slain his own father, but nevertheless he married Odysseus' wife Penelope, and so Italus was born.
Telegonus 3 is said to have been made immortal by Circe, who sent him to the Islands of the Blest together with Penelope.
homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Romulus.html   (4899 words)

  
 Circe
She later fell in love with Odysseus and assisted him in his quest to reach his home after he and his crew spent a year with her on her island.
The Italians believe that Circe bore Odysseus four sons; Telegonus, Nausinous, Argius, and Latinus (the latter involved in the founding of Rome).
She sent Telegonus to find Odysseus, who had long since returned to his home on Ithaca, but on arrival Telegonus accidentally killed his father.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ci/Circe.html   (532 words)

  
 Telegonus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the fighting he is killed by Telegonus.
Ancient Roman poets regularly used phrases such as "walls of Telegonus" (e.g.
Another Telegonus was a king of Egypt who married the nymph Io.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Telegonus   (344 words)

  
 Andrew Milmoe: "Story of Telegonus"
When Circe realized that I, Telegonus, her youngest son had come of age she finally revealed to me that my father was the noble King Odysseus of Ithaca, son of Laertes.
Telegonus the youngest son of Circe (and apparently our seafaring adulterous King) unknowingly murdered his own father last year in front of a live TV audience.
Telegonus witnessed the previous guest in dismay and then was suddenly accused of stealing cattle.
www.milmoe.com /Storytelling.html   (2468 words)

  
 Circe, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
When Telegonus 3, who others call son of Calypso 3, learned from his mother Circe that he was a son of Odysseus, he sailed in search of his father.
Having come to Ithaca, he drove away some cattle, and when Odysseus defended them, Telegonus 3 wounded him with a spear, and Odysseus died of the wound.
Telegonus 3 bitterly lamented what he had done, but it is said that he was made immortal by Circe, and sent to the Islands of the Blest together with Penelope.
homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Circe.html   (1860 words)

  
 Heroes in the Trojan War
Odysseus thought Telegonus was an intruder, and went out to drive the young man off his island.
Penelope and Telemachus knew that Telegonus would not have kill Odysseus had he known that the hero was his father.
According to the Telegony, Telegonus, son of Odysseus and Circe, and therefore Telemachus' half-brother.
www.timelessmyths.com /classical/heroes2.html   (8982 words)

  
 Telegonus
After he shipwrecked on Ithaca, thinking the island to be Corcyra, he began to plunder the land.
Odysseus and Telemachus protected their land but Telegonus killed Odysseus, unaware of his identity, with a lance pointed with the spine of a trygon (or sting-ray) which Circe had given him.
Athena, a protector of Odysseus, ordered Telegonus to marry Penelope, and later the Gods gave immortality to both and they lived forevermore on Isles of the Blest.
www.pantheon.org /articles/t/telegonus.html   (157 words)

  
 Circe
Circe eventually conceived Odysseus a son named Telegonus, and when he reached adulthood, she gave him permission to seek out his father.
Unfortunately, in Ithaca, Odysseus mistook Telegonus as an invader and was slain as a result.
According to most accounts, she became a lover of Telegonus, and Telemachus eventually became Circe’s lover as well.
www.angelfire.com /planet/mythguide/circe.html   (1296 words)

  
 Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, page 424   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The only hint of Odysseus' end in Homer is in the prophecy of Tiresias, that in a calm old age a peaceful death will come upon him from the sea.
In later poetry Telegonus, the son of Odysseus by Circe, is sent forth by his mother to seek out his father.
Besides Telegonus, the legend told of two sons of Odysseus by Circe, named Agrius and Latinus, who were said to have reigned over the Etruscans.
www.ancientlibrary.com /seyffert/0427.html   (707 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 987 (v. 3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Poseidon was in­ trusted to them by Rhea, and they in conjunction with Capheira, a daughter of Oceanus, brought him up.
920) this Telegonus was a son of Epaphus and a brother of Libya.
Odysseus and Telemachus, on being informed of the ravages caused by the stranger, went out to fight against him ; but Telegonus ran Odysseus through with a spear which he had received from his mother.
www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3321.html   (847 words)

  
 Volcanoes of I27 -- Shamshu, Chaac, Prometheus, Telegonus Mensa, Isum, Tvashtar, and Zal
Geology of Shamshu, Tvashtar, Zal, Chaac, Prometheus, Isum, and Telegonus Mensa
Telegonus Mensa was imaged at 350 m/pixel during I27.
The mountain in the left part of the image is Telegonus Mensa.
members.fortunecity.com /volcanopele/I27Geology.htm   (2352 words)

  
 Circe
When Telegonus, who others call son of Calypso, learned from his mother Circe that he was a son of Odysseus, he sailed in search of his father.
Having come to Ithaca, he drove away some cattle, and when Odysseus defended them, Telegonus wounded him with a spear and Odysseus died of the wound.
Telegonus bitterly lamented what he had done, but it is said that he was made immortal by Circe and sent to the Islands of the Blest together with Penelope.
www.thanasis.com /circe.htm   (1572 words)

  
 Telegonus - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Telegonus
Sent by her to find Odysseus, he killed him, not knowing who he was.
Here, indeed, the incident is outside the drama proper; but cases occur where it falls within the action of the play: one may cite the Alcmaeon of Astydamas, or Telegonus in the Wounded Odysseus.
The epic ended by disposing of the surviving personages in a double marriage, Telemachus wedding Circe, and Telegonus Penelope.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Telegonus   (150 words)

  
 Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica - Homer - Free Online Library
In the meantime Telegonus, while travelling in search of his father, lands on Ithaca and ravages the island: Odysseus comes out to defend his country, but is killed by his son unwittingly.
Telegonus, on learning his mistake, transports his father's body with Penelope and Telemachus to his mother's island, where Circe makes them immortal, and Telegonus marries Penelope, and Telemachus Circe.
35: The author of the "Telegony", a Cyrenaean, relates that Odysseus had by Calypso a son Telegonus or Teledamus, and by Penelope Telemachus and Acusilaus.
homer.thefreelibrary.com /Collection-Of-Hesiod-Homer-and-Homerica/70-1   (250 words)

  
 Apollodorus Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Ulysses in Thesprotia performs the rites enjoined by Tiresias and marries the queen Callidice (Poliphorthes), 34-35.
Telegonus takes his father's body and Penelope with him to Circe, who transports them to the Islands of the Blest, 36-37.
Other stories told of Penelope and Ulysses: Penelope said to have been debauched by Antinous and therefore sent back to her father Icarius; at Mantinea she gives birth to Pan, whom she had by Hermes, 38.
www.perseus.tufts.edu /Texts/apollod.summ.html   (2807 words)

  
 The Ultimate Circe - American History Information Guide and Reference
Or, to pass between the dangerous Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis, conventionally identified with the Strait of Messina.
Almost at the end of Hesiod's Theogony (1011f) we find that Circe bore of Odysseus three sons: Agrius (otherwise unknown), Latinus, and Telegonus who ruled over the Tyrsenoi, that is the Etruscans.
Later poets generally only speak of Telegonus as Odysseus' son by Circe.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Kirke   (532 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Odysseus
Circe and Odysseus had three children: Telegonus, Argius, and Latinus.
One of the suitors' (Antinous) father, Eupeithes, tried to overthrow Odysseus after the death of his son.
Circe then sent Telegonus, her son by Odysseus, to find Odysseus, but on arrival Telegonus began plundering the city, thinking it was Corcyra.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Odysseus   (2124 words)

  
 Circe - LitWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
When Telegonus grew to manhood, he went in search of his father and accidentally killed Odysseus with a poison-tipped spear.
When Telegonus realized his mistake, he became remorseful and brought the body of Odysseus, Penelope, and Telemachus to Circe.
Penelope and Telegonus later married, and Circe sent them to live on the Isle of the Blest, while Circe married Telemachus.
litmuse.maconstate.edu /litwiki/index.php/Circe   (468 words)

  
 Penelope
Penelope and Odysseus lived out a happy life until he was killed by Telegonus, his son by Circe.
Telegonus had not meant to kill Odysseus, and he took Penelope and Telemachus to Circe's home where they buried Odysseus.
Penelope then married Telegonus, and Telemachus married Circe.
www.stanford.edu /~plomio/penelope.html   (899 words)

  
 Collapsing cliff at Telegonus Mensa, Io (high-resolution and context)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Collapsing cliff at Telegonus Mensa, Io (high-resolution and context)
These images of Telegonus Mensa on Jupiter's moon Io were acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during a close flyby on 16 October, 2002.
Four small, high-resolution frames (9.6 meters, or 32 feet, per picture element) have been set into the larger context mosaic, which has a resolution of 42 meters (140 feet) per picture element.
pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu /missions/Galileo/releases/28May_i32telegonus.html   (326 words)

  
 Odysseus
Raiding the land for provisions, he was met by Odysseus in combat and killed him without knowing he was his father.
Realizing his grievous error, Telegonus took Odysseus’s body and family back to Aeaea for the funeral.
Circe and Telemachus reportedly became lovers, and Penelpe became the beloved of Telegonus after regain her youth by Circe’s spells.
www.angelfire.com /planet/mythguide/odysseus.html   (2765 words)

  
 Homerica: The Returns and The Telegony (Fragments)
The story goes that Heracles was besieging Themiscyra on the Thermodon and could not take it; but Antiope, being in love with Theseus who was with Heracles on this expedition, betrayed the place.
The Colophonian author of the "Returns" says that Telemachus afterwards married Circe, while Telegonus the son of Circe correspondingly married Penelope.
The author of the "Telegony", a Cyrenaean, relates that Odysseus had by Calypso a son Telegonus or Teledamus, and by Penelope Telemachus and Acusilaus.
www.sacred-texts.com /cla/homer/rettelg.htm   (671 words)

  
 After the Odyssey
[36] When Telegonus learned from Circe that he was a son of Odysseus, he sailed in search of him.
And having come to the island of Ithaca, he drove away some of the cattle, and when Odysseus defended them, Telegonus wounded him with the spear he had in his hands, which was barbed with the spine of a sting-ray, and Odysseus died of the wound.
[37] But when Telegonus recognized him, he bitterly lamented, and conveyed the corpse and Penelope to Circe, and there he married Penelope.
www.uh.edu /~cldue/3308/aftertheodyssey.html   (1098 words)

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