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Telemachus
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synonyms: Stephen Dedalus ???
tags: [mythology]
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Definition:the son of Ulysses and Penelope (q. v.), who an infant when his father left for Troy was a grown-up man on his return; having gone in quest of his father after his long absence found him on his return in the guise of a beggar, and whom he assisted in slaying his mother's suitors.Rev. James Wood. The Nuttall Encyclopaedia (1907)
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In the meantime I will go to Ithaca, to put heart into Ulysses' son Telemachus; I will embolden him to call the Achaeans in assembly, and speak out to the suitors of his mother Penelope, who persist in eating up any number of his sheep and oxen;
Homer. The Odyssey (Butler Translation)
Telemachus is mentioned over 270 times in The Odyssey
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It is not wholly irrespective of our personal feelings that we record HIM as the Mentor of our young Telemachus, for it is good to know that our town produced the founder of the latter's fortunes.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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