Τηλέμαχος
Τηλέμαχος, Telemachus
- (δαΐφρων, θεοειδής, θεοείκελος, ἱερὴ ἲς Τηλεμάχοιο, κυδάλιμος, μεγάθυμος, μεγαλήτωρ, πεπνυμένος, φαίδιμος).
- Only child of Odysseus and Penelope.
- Referred to by his father at Troy Il. 2.260, Il. 4.354: in his absent father’s house in Ithaca receives Athene who comes in the likeness of Mentes-2 Od. 1.113,
- she advises him to go to Pylus and Sparta 279;
- he calls an assembly Od. 2.1;
- prepares for the journey Od. 2.337,
- departs accompanied by Athene in the likeness of Mentor-2 413;
- they reach Pylus Od. 3.1,
- he addresses Nestor 79, who bids him go to Sparta 323,
- he departs with Peisistratus 481;
- they reach Sparta Od. 4.1,
- next day he tells Menelaus his errand 316,
- Menelaus detains him hospitably 587;
- Antinous and companions lie in wait for him at Asteris Od. 4.774, 842;
- Athene urges him to go home Od. 15.10,
- he and Peisistratus depart 182,
- on reaching Pylus Peisistratus goes to his home leaving Telemachus at the ship 193;
- Theoclymenus approaches him Od. 15.223,
- and is taken on board 279,
- they sail for Ithaca 284;
- Telemachus lands near Eumaeus’s hut to avoid the suitors and dispatches the ship to the city Od. 15.495;
- he reaches the hut and finds his disguised father there Od. 16.11,
- his father reveals himself 187;
- he leaves him and departs for the city Od. 17.1,
- is received by the maids and Penelope 31,
- disposes of Theoclymenus 71,
- tells his mother how he has fared 108;
- his sneeze Od. 17.541;
- Penelope reproaches him for allowing ill usage of the disguised Odysseus Od. 18.215;
- he and Odysseus remove the arms Od. 19.4;
- he arranges the contest for the suitors Od. 21.118;
- he orders Eumaeus to give the bow to O. 369; arms for the fight and takes his stand beside his father Od. 21.431,
- kills Amphinomus Od. 22.91,
- brings arms 101,
- kills Euryades 267,
- is wounded by and kills Amphimedon 277,
- kills Leocritus 294,
- saves Phemius and Medon-3 354,
- carries out the slaying of the unfaithful maids 461;
- he leaves the city with his father Od. 23.367,
- his father’s address to him and the fight with the Ithacans Od. 24.506;
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…ἦκα παρακλίνας κεφαλήν, μείδησε δὲ θυμῷ σαρδάνιον μάλα τοῖον · ὁ δʼ εὔδμητον βάλε τοῖχον. Κτήσιππον δʼ ἄρα Τηλέμαχος ἠνίπαπε μύθῳ · Κτήσιππʼ, ἦ μάλα τοι τόδε κέρδιον ἔπλετο θυμῷ · οὐκ ἔβαλες τὸν ξεῖνον · ἀλεύατο γὰρ…
Homer, Odyssey
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…αἶψʼ ὄτρυνον ἐμὸν ποτὶ δῶμα γυναῖκας, ὥς τοι δῶρʼ ἀποπέμψω, ἅ τοι Μενέλαος ἔδωκε. τὸν δʼ αὖ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδα · Πείραιʼ, οὐ γάρ τʼ ἴδμεν ὅπως ἔσται τάδε ἔργα. εἴ κεν ἐμὲ μνηστῆρες ἀγήνορες…
Homer, Odyssey
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…θεὸς δαμάσῃ μνηστῆρας ἀγαυούς, ἄξομαι ἀμφοτέροις ἀλόχους καὶ κτήματʼ ὀπάσσω οἰκία τʼ ἐγγὺς ἐμεῖο τετυγμένα · καί μοι ἔπειτα Τηλεμάχου ἑτάρω τε κασιγνήτω τε ἔσεσθον. εἰ δʼ ἄγε δή, καὶ σῆμα ἀριφραδὲς ἄλλο τι δείξω, ὄφρα μʼ…
Homer, Odyssey
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…ἄντην, Τηλεμάχῳ δὲ παρῖζεν, ἔπος τʼ ἔφατʼ ἔκ τʼ ὀνόμαζεν · τίπτε δέ σε χρειὼ δεῦρʼ ἤγαγε, Τηλέμαχʼ ἥρως, ἐς Λακεδαίμονα δῖαν, ἐπʼ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης ; δήμιον ἦ ἴδιον ; τόδε μοι νημερτὲς ἐνίσπες .…
Homer, Odyssey
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…· ἦ γὰρ ἐμοί γε πατὴρ ὣς ἤπιος ἦεν, ἧος ἐνὶ Τροίῃ πολεμίζομεν υἷες Ἀχαιῶν. τὸν δʼ αὖ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδα · καὶ λίην κείνῳ γε, διοτρεφές, ὡς ἀγορεύεις, πάντα τάδʼ ἐλθόντες καταλέξομεν · αἲ…
Homer, Odyssey
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…· ταὶ δʼ ἐκφόρεον καὶ ἀνάγκῃ. αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα θρόνους περικαλλέας ἠδὲ τραπέζας ὕδατι καὶ σπόγγοισι πολυτρήτοισι κάθαιρον. αὐτὰρ Τηλέμαχος καὶ βουκόλος ἠδὲ συβώτης λίστροισιν δάπεδον πύκα ποιητοῖο δόμοιο ξῦον · ταὶ δʼ ἐφόρεον δμῳαί, τίθεσαν δὲ θύραζε .…
Homer, Odyssey
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…· μή τοι ταῦτα μετὰ φρεσὶ σῇσι μελόντων. οὐκ ἔσθʼ οὗτος ἀνὴρ οὐδʼ ἔσσεται οὐδὲ γένηται, ὅς κεν Τηλεμάχῳ σῷ υἱέϊ χεῖρας ἐποίσει ζώοντός γʼ ἐμέθεν καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο. ὧδε γὰρ ἐξερέω, καὶ μὴν τετελεσμένον ἔσται…
Homer, Odyssey
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…τόδε πλεῖστον κακὸν εἴη. ἀλλὰ πολὺ μεῖζόν τε καὶ ἀργαλεώτερον ἄλλο μνηστῆρες φράζονται, ὃ μὴ τελέσειε Κρονίων · Τηλέμαχον μεμάασι κατακτάμεν ὀξέι χαλκῷ οἴκαδε νισόμενον · ὁ δʼ ἔβη μετὰ πατρὸς ἀκουὴν ἐς Πύλον ἠγαθέην ἠδʼ ἐς Λακεδαίμονα δῖαν…
Homer, Odyssey
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…ὁρόω καλόν τε μέγαν τε, ἄλκιμος ἔσσʼ, ἵνα τίς σε καὶ ὀψιγόνων ἐὺ εἴπῃ. τὸν δʼ αὖ Τηλέμαχος πεπνυμένος ἀντίον ηὔδα · ὦ Νέστορ Νηληϊάδη, μέγα κῦδος Ἀχαιῶν, καὶ λίην κεῖνος μὲν ἐτίσατο, καί οἱ…
Homer, Odyssey
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…κέχυνται · τῶν μέν τʼ Ἠέλιος φαέθων ἐξείλετο θυμόν · ὣς τότʼ ἄρα μνηστῆρες ἐπʼ ἀλλήλοισι κέχυντο. δὴ τότε Τηλέμαχον προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς · Τηλέμαχʼ, εἰ δʼ ἄγε μοι κάλεσον τροφὸν Εὐρύκλειαν, ὄφρα ἔπος εἴπωμι τό μοι καταθύμιόν…
Homer, Odyssey