Telemachus

Telemakhos

The son of Odysseus who goes searching for his father when he fails to return from the Trojan War.

Genealogy

Penelope

Odysseus

Latinus, Leo, Pan, Poliporthes, Polypoetes, Telegonus

Place

Ithaca

Events
  1. Palamedes threatens to kill Telemachus to force Odysseus to go to war
  2. Odysseus reveals his identity to Telemachus
  3. Melanthius the goatherd meets Odysseus on his return to Ithaca
  4. Odysseus devises a trap for Penelope’s suitors
  5. Odysseus shoots Penelope’s suitors
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.7
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.32
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.33
  4. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 260
  5. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 13.11
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 41.4
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.2
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