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Telegonus

Meaning of "Telegonus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TELEGONUS

tɪˈlɛɡənəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TELEGONUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Telegonus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TELEGONUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Telegonus in the English dictionary

The definition of Telegonus in the dictionary is a son of Odysseus and Circe, who sought his father and mistakenly killed him, later marrying Odysseus' widow Penelope.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TELEGONUS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TELEGONUS

Telegu

WORDS THAT END LIKE TELEGONUS

baby bonus · bonus · cash bonus · clonus · colonus · conus · Cronus · hemionus · incentive bonus · myoclonus · no-claim bonus · no-claims bonus · onus · performance bonus · phototonus · productivity bonus · reversionary bonus · synthronus · Tithonus · tonus

Synonyms and antonyms of Telegonus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Telegonus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TELEGONUS

Find out the translation of Telegonus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Telegonus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Telegonus» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

死亡Telegonus
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Telégono
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Telegonus
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

Telegonus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Telegonus
280 millions of speakers
ru

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Telegonus
278 millions of speakers
pt

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Telegonus
270 millions of speakers
bn

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Telegonus
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Telegonus
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Telegonus
190 millions of speakers
de

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Telegonos
180 millions of speakers
ja

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Telegonus
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

Telegonus
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Telegonus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Telegonus
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

Telegonus
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

टेलीगोनस
75 millions of speakers
tr

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Telegonus
70 millions of speakers
it

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Telegono
65 millions of speakers
pl

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Telegonus
50 millions of speakers
uk

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Telegonus
40 millions of speakers
ro

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Telegonus
30 millions of speakers
el

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Telegonus
15 millions of speakers
af

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Telegonus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Telegonus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Telegonus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Telegonus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TELEGONUS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Telegonus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TELEGONUS»

Discover the use of Telegonus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Telegonus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation
127 Telegonus When Telegonus, the son of Ulysses and Circe, was sent by his mother to find his father, he was driven by a storm to Ithaca. Compelled by hunger, he began to pillage the fields; Ulysses and Telemachus came out and met him ...
Stephen M. Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, Stephen Brunet, 2004
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Stories from the Mountains, Stories from the Sea: The ...
2.10.3 Mythological digression on Telegonus and sting ray spear, Hal. 2.497- 505 This brief aetiological digression tells of the slaying of Odysseus by his son Telegonus with a wondrous spear devised by his mother Circe. This story is not ...
Adam Nicholas Bartley, 2003
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The Telemachia: A History by Antimenes of Argos
Telegonus raised his staff to threaten the man. But the old man, far from backing off, approached the boy with a quickness that belied his age. The young man crossed his long staff in a quick motion, hoping to surprise the old man. But his staff ...
Michael Barnes Selvin, 2007
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: ...
Fro wurdes vnto strokes thus Thei felle, and so Telegonus Was sore hurte, and well nighe dede But with his sharps speares hede : He maketh defence, howe so it fallc, And wan the yate vpon hem all, And hath slayne of the best fiue. And thei ...
Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson, 1810
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The works of the English poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: ...
including the series edited with prefaces, biographical and critical Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson. Bnt he go fro the gate fast, Thei wolden hym take and set fast. Fro wordes vnto strokes thus Thei felle, and so Telegonus Was sore hurte, ...
Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson, 1810
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The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper: ...
Fro wordes vnto strokes thus 'He wolde haue ronne vpon that other l haue myn owne fader slayne, IA great cronickc Emperiall, Telegonus in sorowe and wo, There wote no man the cause whye, So as he might, tolde tho -But he, the whiche is ...
‎1810
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THE WORKS OF THE ENGLISH POETS, FROM CHAUCER TO COWPER; ...
Fro wordes vnto strokes thus Thei felle, and so Telegonus Was sore hurte, and well nighe dede Bat with his sharpe speares hede : He maketh defence, howe so it falle, And wan the yate vpon hem all, And hath slayne of the hest fine. And thei  ...
DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1810
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The Fragments of Sophocles
The circumstances of the death of Odysseus by the hand of Telegonus, his son by Circe, were first reduced to a literary form in the epic Telegonia, the last of the Cyclic poems, generally attributed to Eugamon (or Eugammon) of Cyrene, and ...
Richard Claverhouse Jebb, W. G. Headlam, A. C. Pearson, 2010
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The Odyssey
In still another story, Odysseus was slain by Telegonus, his son by Circe, who had sent Telegonus to find his father. Telegonus led a raid on Ithaca and, not knowing the name of the man he was fighting, struck him with a spear tipped with a ...
Homer, Randy Lee Eickhoff, 2001
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Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology
When Teucer returned from the Trojan War without his half-brother Ajax, Telamon exiled Teucer, who subsequently founded a second Salamis on the island of Cyprus (a story told by Horace in Odes 1.7). telegonus Son of Odysseus and Circe.
Luke Roman, Monica Roman, 2010

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TELEGONUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Telegonus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Porto Koufo, casa zeilor
Şi mai spune că fiica lui Proteus ar fi fost Eidothea, soră cu Polygonus and Telegonus – care ar fi fost, deci, nepoţii lui Poseidon - învinşi într-adevăr de Hercule ... «Adevărul, Jul 13»
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Sándor Márai knipoogt in ”Vrede op Ithaca” naar Homerusepos
In de zangen komen achtereenvolgens Penelope (de vrouw van de held), Telemachus (zijn zoon), en Telegonus (zijn bastaardzoon) aan het woord. Vanuit hun ... «Reformatorisch Dagblad, Dec 11»
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איו-ירח של צדק, סיכום ממצאים – חלק א
Telegonus Mensaeולידו מקבץ של מספר רכסים המקבילים לשוליים שלו. מיקום W ° 117.1 S ° 53.8 עבור (33). 4. Tohils Mons מתנשא לגובה 5.4 ק"מ. מיקום W ° 161 S ° 28 ( 34) ... «הידען, Dec 10»
REFERENCE
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