Telemachus

Rare card · No. 34492

Telemachus ( tə-LEM-ə-kəs; Ancient Greek: Τηλέμᾰχος, romanized: Tēlémăkhos, lit. 'far-fighter', IPA: [tɛː.lé.ma.kʰos]) is the son of Odysseus and Penelope in Greek mythology, and a central character in Homer's Odyssey. When Telemachus reached manhood, he visited Pylos and Sparta in search of his wandering father. On his return to Ithaca, he found that Odysseus had reached home before him. Then father and son slew the suitors who had gathered around to woo Penelope. According to the Telegony, a lost epic, Telemachus married Circe. The first four books of the Odyssey focus on Telemachus's journeys in search of news about his father, who has yet to return home from the Trojan War, and are traditionally given the title Telemachy.

Read on Wikipedia · Image ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0