Tēlĕgŏnus

, a son of Uly es and Circe, born in the island of Ææa, where he was educated. When arrived to the years of manhood, he went to Ithaca to make himself known to his father, but he was shipwrecked on the coast, and, being destitute of provisions, he plundered some of the inhabitants of the island. Uly es and Tele mach us came to defend the property of their subjects against this unknown invader; a quarrel arose, and Telegonus killed his father without knowing who he was. He afterwards returned to his native country, and, according to Hyginus, he carried thither his father’s body, where it was buried. Tele mach us and Penelope also accompanied him in his return, and soon after the nuptials of Telegonus and Penelope were celebrated by order of Minerva. Penelope had by Telegonus a son called Italus, who gave his name to Italy. Telegonus founded Tusculum and Tibur or Præneste, in Italy, and, according to some, he left one daughter called Mamilia, from whom the patrician family of the Mamilii at Rome were descended. Horace , bk. 3 , ode 29, li. 8 .— Ovid , Fasti , bks. 3 & 4. Tristia , bk. 1 , poem 1.— Plutarch , Parallel a minor a .— Hyginus , fable 12.— Diodorus , bk. 7 .――A son of Proteus, killed by Hercules. Apollo dor us. ――A king of Egypt, who married Io after she had been restored to her original form by Jupiter. Apollo dor us.