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Definition of Telegony

Telegony
Telegony Te*leg"o*ny, n. [Gr. th^le far + root of Gr. ? to be born.] (Biol.) The supposed influence of a father upon offspring subsequent to his own, begotten of the same mother by another father. -- Te*leg"o*nous, a.

Meaning of Telegony from wikipedia

- The Telegony (Gr****: Τηλεγόνεια, Tēlegoneia; Latin: Telegonia) is a lost ancient Gr**** epic poem about Telegonus, son of Odysseus by Circe. His name ("born...
- Telegony is a theory of heredity holding that offspring can inherit the characteristics of a previous mate of the female parent; thus the child of a woman...
- Aethiopis, the so-called Little Iliad, the Iliupersis, the Nostoi, and the Telegony. Scholars sometimes include the two Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey...
- to some accounts, gave his name to Italy. This is the story told in the Telegony, an early Gr**** epic that does not survive except in a summary, but that...
- and he and Telemachus bring swift and bloody death to the suitors. The Telegony was a short two-book epic poem recounting the life and death of Odysseus...
- (Arctinus of Miletus) Little Iliad (Lesches) Iliupersis (Arctinus of Miletus) Nostoi (Agias/Eumelus of Corinth) Odyssey (Homer) Telegony (Eugammon of Cyrene)...
- Epics: the Cypria, Aethiopis, Little Iliad, Iliou Persis, Nostoi, and Telegony. Though these poems survive only in fragments, their content is known from...
- Antiquities of Greece, Volume 1 Homer, the Ilaid 1 Eugammon of Cyrene, Telegony Fragment Benjamin Sammons, Device and Composition in the Gr**** Epic Cycle...
- fragments remain of the "alternative ending" of sorts known as the Telegony. The Telegony aside, the last 548 lines of the Odyssey, corresponding to Book...
- Telephus of Mysia. The supposed last poem in the Epic Cycle is called the Telegony and is thought to tell the story of Odysseus' last voyage, and of his death...