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Telemachus appears in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1833 poem "Ulysses," where the title speaker (based on Dante's version) expresses disappointment in his son. Telemachus is a frequent character in the poetry of Louise Glück. [16] Telemachus was the name of Carole King's cat and is pictured on the cover of her album Tapestry. [17]
The nurse was killed by Artemis on the journey by sea, but the sailors continued to Ithaca where Odysseus' father Laertes bought him as a slave. Thereafter he was brought up with Odysseus and his sister Ctimene (or Ktimene) and was treated by Anticleia , their mother, almost as Ctimene's equal.
Odysseus then gave Telemachus to Circe's daughter Cassiphone in marriage. Sometime later, Telemachus had a quarrel with his mother-in-law and killed her; Cassiphone then killed Telemachus to avenge her mother's death. On hearing of this, Odysseus died of grief.
Foxe's Book of Martyrs claims that Telemachus was first stabbed to death by a gladiator, but that the sight of his death "turned the hearts of the people". [5] There is also an alternative form of the story, in which Telemachus stood up in the amphitheatre and told the assembly to stop worshipping idols and offering sacrifices to the gods.
Eurymachus, son of Polybus, is the second of the suitors to appear in the epic.Eurymachus acts as a leader among the suitors because of his charisma. He is noted to be the most likely to win Penelope's hand because her father and brothers support the union and because he outdoes the other suitors in gift-giving.
According to a later Hellenistic tradition, Circe brought Odysseus back to life after his death, and he arranged for Telemachus to marry his half-sister Cassiphone, Odysseus and Circe's daughter. But after a quarrell with Circe, Telemachus slew his mother-in-law, and in rage Cassiphone killed him, avenging thus the murder of her mother. [12]
Antinous is the first of the suitors to be killed. Drinking in the Great Hall, he is slain by an arrow to the throat shot by Odysseus. Eurymachus then tries to blame Antinous for the suitors' wrongs. [5] [6] [7] In one account, Penelope was seduced by Antinous and was sent away by Odysseus to her father Icarius. [8]
Telemachus married Telegonus' mother, the enchantress Circe, while Telegonus took to wife Odysseus' widow Penelope. [6] By Penelope, he was the father of Italus who, according to some accounts, gave his name to Italy. [7] What appears to be later tradition holds that Odysseus would also be resurrected by Circe after he was killed by Telegonus. [8]