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telemachus

Word definitions for telemachus in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Telemachus is a character in Homer's Odyssey . Telemachus may also refer to: Telemachus (Acragas) (fl. 554BC), leader of an uprising in Acragas, Sicily Saint Telemachus , monk and martyr Temeluchus , a tartaruchus in the non-canonical Apocalypse of Paul ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Telemachus \Tel`e*ma"chus\, prop. n. The son of Odysseus and Penelope, as told in Homer's Oddysey.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
son of Odysseus and Penelope, from Latinized form of Greek Telemakhos , literally "fighting from afar," from tele "from afar" (see tele- ) + makhe "a battle, fight" (see -machy ).

Usage examples of telemachus.

I could check in on Clytaemnestra and on Penelope, on Telemachus and Orestes.

Olivia or Telemachus could question him, the old man waved the punchbowl ladle at them again and they found themselves blown from their chairs into a small room just off the parlor.

I thought I was dreaming when I heard a young woman in her position reasoning with more acuteness than Minerva displays in her colloquies with Telemachus.

Your neck of the woods is rife with nodes of chthonic power, Telemachus.

Telemachus, bored by his night duty, welcomed the slight deviation from normal routine.