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This section concludes a collection titled "Sayings of the Wise" (22:17), with 3 sets of instruction, one as a continuation from Proverbs 23:16.until 24:12, followed by 24:13–20 and 24:21–22. [8] The instructions are likely given by a teacher in the context of a royal school during the monarchical period. [11]
In Greek mythology, Telegonus (/ t ə ˈ l ɛ ɡ ə n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τηλέγονος means "born afar") was the youngest son of Circe and Odysseus [1] and thus, brother to Agrius and Latinus [2] or Nausithous and Nausinous, [3] and Cassiphone. [4] In some accounts, he was called the son of the nymph Calypso and Odysseus instead. [5]
Later, after the death of Callidice, Odysseus makes their son Polypoetes king of Thesprotia and returns to Ithaca. Meanwhile, it transpires that Circe, with whom Odysseus had an affair for a year in the Odyssey (books 10–12), has borne his son, Telegonus (Τηλέγονος, "born far away"). He grows up living with Circe on the island of Aeaea.
The Telegony was a short two-book epic poem recounting the life and death of Odysseus after the events of the Odyssey. In this mythological postscript, Odysseus is accidentally killed by Telegonus, his unknown son by the goddess Circe. After Odysseus's death, Telemachus returns to Aeaea with Telegonus and Penelope, and there marries Circe.
The plot of Odysseus Acanthoplex was derived from Telegony, part of the Epic Cycle. [6] As background to the plot of the play, Homer's Odyssey tells of Odysseus spending a year with the goddess Circe. [7] In the version of the myth that Odysseus Acanthoplex was based on, Odysseus and Circe had a son from this dalliance, Telegonus.
Odysseus and his crew ultimately stay on Aiaia for one year. Though Odysseus and Circe have an affair, he leaves to continue his journey back to Ithaca, where his wife and child wait. Circe gives birth to a son, Telegonus. Circe realizes that the goddess Athena threatens her son. Circe casts a spell to protect the island while Telegonus grows.
According to Homer's account, Odysseus was advised to pass by Scylla and lose only a few sailors, rather than risk the loss of his entire ship in the whirlpool. [3] Because of such stories, the bad result of having to navigate between the two hazards eventually entered proverbial use.
Tiresias and Circe both warn Odysseus to shun the isle of Helios (Thrinacia). Odysseus and his crew arrive at Thrinacia after passing Scylla and Charybdis . When Eurylochus begs to be allowed to land to prepare supper, Odysseus grudgingly agrees on condition that the crew swear that if they come upon a herd of cattle or a great flock of sheep ...