Theoklymenos
mythological figure · 2 works · 6 mentions · 23 anchored passages
the king · my lord · the son of Proteus · the tyrant
in the texts
Helen
Son of Proteus, current king of Egypt, who seeks to marry Helen against her will and kills Greek visitors to his land.
Helen:
he is most bitterly opposed to the Hellenes.
Helen, the daughter of Zeus, is in this house.
Odyssey
A seer descended from Melampos, fleeing bloodguilt, who becomes a suppliant aboard Telemakhos's ship and interprets omens.
On this Theoklymenos called him apart and caught him by the hand.
"I will not refuse you," replied Telemakhos, "if you wish to join us.
Then Theoklymenos said, ‘And what, my dear young friend, is to become of me?