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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]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains ...
Telegonus (/ t ə ˈ l ɛ ɡ ə n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τηλέγονος means "born afar") is the name shared by three different characters in Greek mythology. Telegonus, a king of Egypt who was sometimes said to have married the nymph Io. [1] Telegonus, a Thracian son of Proteus [2] by Torone of Phlegra, [3] daughter of King Cleitus of ...
Circe married Telemachus, and Telegonus married Penelope [34] by the advice of Athena. [35] According to an alternative version depicted in Lycophron 's 3rd-century BC poem Alexandra (and John Tzetzes ' scholia on it), Circe used magical herbs to bring Odysseus back to life after he had been killed by Telegonus.
However, a fight ensued and Telegonus killed Odysseus without knowing who Odysseus was. [2] [7] In the myth, Telegonus used a spear that had a venomous stingray spine to kill Odysseus. [7] The plot also dealt with the subsequent marriages between Telegonus and Odysseus' wife Penelope and between Circe and Odysseus' son by Penelope, Telemachus. [2]
In Hesiod's Theogony, [1] Latinus was the son of Odysseus and Circe who ruled the Tyrrhenians with his brothers Agrius and Telegonus.According to the Byzantine author John the Lydian, Hesiod, in the Catalogue of Women, considered Latinus to be the brother of Graecus, who is described as the son of Zeus by Pandora, the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha. [2]
Oldest human DNA reveals lost branch of the human family tree. Katie Hunt, CNN. December 13, 2024 at 10:49 AM. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.
The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Chaos