Word info

telegony

Noun

Meaning

telegony (uncountable)

The belief that, in the case of siblings from the same mother but different fathers, the second sibling could inherit characteristics from the father of the first.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Telegony main The Telegony picks up where the Odyssey leaves off, beginning with the burial of the dead suitors, and continues until the death of Odysseus. Source: Internet

This Telegony aside, the last 548 lines of the Odyssey, corresponding to Book 24, are believed by many scholars to have been added by a slightly later poet. Source: Internet

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