How to Use Telemachus in a Sentence

Telemachus

noun

• Tom Holland plays his son, Telemachus.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
• Her son, Telemachus, now grown, resolves to go out and look for his father.
  — Jim Beckerman, USA Today, 16 July 2026
• What happens to Telemachus when his parents leave their kingdom?
  — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
• Telemachus sets out on a secret journey to discover any news of his father.
  — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
• Telemachus can’t officially take over as long as Odysseus may still be alive out there somewhere.
  — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026
• Telemachus doesn’t address Odysseus by the intimate word for father.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026
• The son, Telemachus, leaves in search of his father while at the same time Odysseus attempts to return.
  — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
• Menelaus steps in as a father-like figure to Telemachus and joins him in his journey to find Odysseus.
  — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
• Homeless, his body torn, Odysseus needs to get back to her and Telemachus, his anxious son, and to clean up the mess.
  — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
• Holland plays Telemachus, son of star Matt Damon’s Odysseus in the film.
  — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
• Telemachus and Eumaeus locked the remaining weapons upstairs.
  — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
• Odysseus reveals who is really is, and with the help of Telemachus, kills all the suitors in a breakneck fight to the death.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 July 2026
• Then, Telemachus and Odysseus force the slave women who’d slept with the suitors to clean the blood off the floors before they’re hanged.
  — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 July 2026
• Just like her husband, Helen of Troy also offers to help Telemachus.
  — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
• Nyong’o is as frenzied here as Helen was with Telemachus, each woman trying to stand up for herself.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
• Warned by Athena, Telemachus evaded the ambush that had been set in a strait near Ithaca by sailing around it.
  — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Mar. 2026
• Undeceived, Odysseus slew the remaining suitors with the help of Telemachus.
  — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Mar. 2026
• Just like his mother, Telemachus is determined to protect the kingdom of Ithaca.
  — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
• Meanwhile his wife Penelope dodges suitors while his son Telemachus valiantly searches for his decades-absent dad.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
• As his son Telemachus comes back to Ithaca from Sparta, Odysseus tells him his true identity.
  — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
• In this story, Telemachus leaves his island home, Ithaca, in an attempt to find his father, who left before he was born.
  — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
• Mentor is killed, but Telemachus narrowly escapes with his life thanks to Odysseus, who lays waste to the suitors in beggar garb.
  — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 July 2026
• Meanwhile, back home, Penelope wards off suitors and Telemachus grapples with his father's long absence.
  — Oliver Gettell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
• Nolan is making a different choice than the Homeric narrator makes in terms of who Telemachus has that bond with.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026
• One of the most persistent suitors is Antinous, who tries to kill Telemachus in order to secure the title.
  — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
• Undisguised at last, and with help from Athena, Telemachus, and a few loyal servants, Odysseus kills them all, a hundred and eight men.
  — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
• The Odyssey, in which Holland plays Telemachus, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, is now in theaters.
  — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
• As Telemachus reminds us, the Greeks honor Zeus’ law because even a humble beggar could be a god in disguise.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
• And the wandering king’s son and heir, Telemachus (Tom Holland), is convinced his father is still alive and sets off to find him.
  — ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
• Tom Holland plays his son Telemachus, while Anne Hathaway is Odysseus' wife Penelope.
  — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026