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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The son of Odysseus and Penelope, who helped his father kill Penelope's suitors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The son of Odysseus and Penelope, as told in Homer's Oddysey.
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- proper noun Greek mythology the son of
Odysseus
Etymologies
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Examples
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So she spake, and the steadfast goodly Odysseus smiled, and quickly he spake to Telemachus winged words Telemachus, leave now thy mother to make trial of me within the chambers; so shall she soon come to a better knowledge than heretofore.
Book XXIII Homer 1909
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I'll assume in 'Telemachus's post that the ad hominem attacks are there for the same reason it states its conclusions as arguments: a dearth of persuasive arguments.
Fr. Reese's flawed arguments for Pres. Obama at Notre Dame 2009
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Telemachus is an occasional sleepwalker, and his behavior during those bouts shows the heavy influence of dream logic.
The Strange Case of the Cereal Killer Ulysses 2010
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Telemachus is now fourteen and beginning to think thoughts I almost understand.
Archive 2009-01-01 Ulysses 2009
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Telemachus is now fourteen and beginning to think thoughts I almost understand.
Year-End Round Up Ulysses 2009
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Telemachus is an occasional sleepwalker, and his behavior during those bouts shows the heavy influence of dream logic.
Archive 2010-06-01 Ulysses 2010
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Without another word Telemachus left that gibing mob, and went straight to the strong-room where his father's treasure was stored.
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And on another occasion, when Calypso hospitably provides clothes for the shipwrecked men, and Telemachus is handling a tunic of the finest wool and white as snow, with a vest of purple embroidered with gold, and displaying much pleasure in the magnificence of the clothes, Mentor addresses him in a severe voice, saying: Are these, O Telemachus, the thoughts that ought to occupy the heart of the son of Ulysses?
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Euryclea left the cloister to tell the women, and make them come to Ulysses; in the meantime he called Telemachus, the stockman, and the swineherd.
The Odyssey 1900
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Euryclea left the cloister to tell the women, and make them come to Ulysses; in the meantime he called Telemachus, the stockman, and the swineherd.
The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1868
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