Telegonus

Also known as: Teledamus · First appears: The Returns

The Telegony identifies Telegonus, also known as Teledamus, as the son of Odysseus and Calypso. At Ithaca, he unwittingly killed Odysseus while defending his country; on learning his mistake, he carried his father’s body, Penelope, and Telemachus to his mother Circe’s island, where Circe made them immortal.

Afterwards, Telegonus married Penelope. The Returns also names him as Circe’s son and says that he married Penelope.

Relationship record

Life events

• Telegonus married Penelope.(The Returns)
  • With: Penelope
  • “while Telegonus the son of Circe correspondingly married Penelope.”
• Telegonus unwittingly kills Odysseus while defending his country.(The Telegony · 📍 Ithaca)
  • With: Odysseus
  • “Odysseus comes out to defend his country, but is killed by his son unwittingly.”
• Telegonus transports Odysseus’s body, Penelope, and Telemachus to his mother’s island.(The Telegony)
  • With: Odysseus Penelope Telemachus
  • “Telegonus, on learning his mistake, transports his father’s body with Penelope and Telemachus to his mother’s island”
• Circe makes Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, and Telegonus immortal.(The Telegony)
  • With: Circe Odysseus Penelope Telemachus
  • “where Circe makes them immortal”
• Telegonus marries Penelope.(The Telegony)
  • With: Penelope
  • “and Telegonus marries Penelope”

The Returns

• married with Penelope “The Colophonian author of the Returns says that Telemachus afterwards married Circe, while Telegonus the son of Circe correspondingly married Penelope.”
• parent: Circe “The Colophonian author of the Returns says that Telemachus afterwards married Circe, while Telegonus the son of Circe correspondingly married Penelope.”

The Telegony

• parent: Odysseus “Odysseus had by Calypso a son Telegonus or Teledamus”
• parent: Calypso “Odysseus had by Calypso a son Telegonus or Teledamus”
• married with Penelope “and Telegonus marries Penelope”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.