Telemakhos
mythological figure · 2 works · 19 mentions · 93 anchored passages
Telemachus · Father Eumaios' young lord · Odysseus’ son · Telemachos · his son · this same boy of his
in the texts
Odyssey
Son of Odysseus and Penelope, a young man troubled by the suitors consuming his household, who is emboldened by Athena's visit to assert himself.
In the meantime I will go to Ithaca, to put heart into Odysseus' son Telemakhos;
He was sitting moodily among the suitors thinking about his brave father, and how he would send them fleeing out of the house, if he were to come to his own again and be honored as in days gone by.
"My mother," answered Telemakhos, "tells me I am son to Odysseus, but it is a wise child that knows his own father.