Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Telemachus.
He [Odysseus] was the king of Ithake', the husband of Penelope and the father of Telemachos.
2002, Daniel Mersey, “Achilles: Hero of The Iliad”, in Legendary Warriors: Great Heroes in Myth and Reality, London: Brassey’s, →ISBN, page 592 more examples
The sight of the faces of his children must have been to King GEORGE as was to Odysseus that of Prince Telemachos, hurrying home from the wide land of Lacedaemon in his black ship to the Ithacan palace described by the faithful servant Eumaeus as "a sweet light in the dark."
1928 December 26, “THE KING AND THE PRINCES.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2025Telemachos, Odysseus’s only son, was a baby when Odysseus left home to fight with the other Greeks at Troy.
2006, Andrew Dalby, “Introduction”, in Rediscovering Homer, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page xx
Origin
- Ancient GreekΤηλέμαχος
- EnglishTelemachos
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Τηλέμαχος (Tēlémakhos).
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Telemachos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Telemachos
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