Definitions for Telegonus

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Telegonus Te·leg·o·nus

Spelling: [tuh-leg-uh-nuh s]

IPA: /təˈlɛg ə nəs/

Telegonus is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 429 anagrams from letters in Telegonus (eeglnostu).

Definitions for Telegonus

noun

1. a son of Odysseus and Circe who unknowingly killed his father and eventually married Penelope.
2. a son of Proteus and the husband of Io who was killed by Hercules in a wrestling match.

Examples for Telegonus

Telegonus marries his aged stepmother, Penelope, and Telemachus marries his father's mistress, Circe!

I destroyed every one of them, and was afterwards slain myself by Telegonus, a son whom I had by Circe.

Tradition says that he at last met his death at the hands of his illegitimate son Telegonus.

He then yielded to her solicitations and made her the mother of Telegonus.