Theoclymenus

(Θεοκλύμενος).

1. A son of Polypheides of Hyperasia, and a descendant of Melampus, was a soothsayer, who, in consequence of a murder, was obliged to take to flight, and came to Telemachus at the time when the latter quitted Sparta to return to Ithaca. (Hom. Od. 15.256, &c., 507, &c., 17.151, &c., 20.350, &c.)

2. A son of Proteus. (Eurip. Helen. 9.) [L.S]

(Θεοκλύμενος). Son of the soothsayer Polyphides, grandson of Melampus. When a fugitive from Argos, for a murder which he had committed, he met with Telemachus in Pylus, who succoured him and brought him to Ithaca. By means of his inherited gift of prophecy, he here made known to Penelopé the presence of Odysseus in the island, and warned the suitors of their fate.