Telegony

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ancient Greek epic cycle poem lost ancient Greek epic poem

Telegony is a lost ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Eugammon of Cyrene, that continued the story of Odysseus and his son Telemachus after the events of Homer’s Odyssey.

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Label Occurrences
Telegony canonical 7

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek epic cycle poem ⓘ
lost ancient Greek epic poem ⓘ
associatedWith Cyrene ⓘ
belongsToTradition post-Homeric epic tradition ⓘ
closesNarrativeArcOf Odysseus’ life in the Epic Cycle ⓘ
continuesStoryOf Odysseus after his return to Ithaca ⓘ
Telemachus after the events of the Odyssey ⓘ
dateApproximation 6th century BCE ⓘ
endingDescribedBy Proclus' Chrestomathy ⓘ
surface form: Proclus’ Chrestomathy
featuresCharacter Athena ⓘ
Calypso ⓘ
Circe ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ
Penelope (nymph) ⓘ
surface form: Penelope

Telegonus ⓘ
Telemachus ⓘ
followsWork Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: Odyssey
genre epic poetry ⓘ
geographicalSetting Ithaca ⓘ
Epirus ⓘ
surface form: Thesprotia

island of Aeaea ⓘ
surface form: island of Circe (Aiaia)
hasTheme aftermath of the Trojan War ⓘ
family reunion and reconfiguration ⓘ
fate and unintended patricide ⓘ
knownFrom later summaries and testimonia ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
meter dactylic hexameter ⓘ
narrativeFocus Odysseus ⓘ
Telemachus ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Greek ⓘ
partOf Epic Cycle ⓘ
plotElement Odysseus marries the Thesprotian queen Callidice ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ
surface form: Odysseus returns again to Ithaca

Odysseus travels to Thesprotia ⓘ
Telegonus is son of Odysseus and Circe ⓘ
Telegonus marries Penelope in some accounts ⓘ
Telegonus unknowingly kills Odysseus ⓘ
Telemachus marries Circe in some accounts ⓘ
relatedWork Aethiopis ⓘ
Cypria ⓘ
Iliou Persis ⓘ
Little Iliad ⓘ
Nostoi ⓘ
status lost ⓘ
survivesAs fragments and summaries rather than full text ⓘ
titleMeaning “story of Telegonus” ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Eugammon of Cyrene ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Telemachus → appearsInWork → Telegony ⓘ
Circe → appearsIn → Telegony ⓘ
Trojan cycle → includesWork → Telegony ⓘ
Epic Cycle → hasPart → Telegony ⓘ
Nostoi (Returns) → relatedWork → Telegony ⓘ
subject surface form: Nostoi
Telegonus → appearsIn → Telegony ⓘ
Proclus' Chrestomathy → associatedWith → Telegony ⓘ