Editing Telemachus (section)

==''Telegony''==
[[File:Telemachos Saarbruecken.jpg|left|thumb|Statue depicting Telemachus]]
The ''[[Telegony]]'' was a short two-book epic poem recounting the life and death of Odysseus after the events of the ''Odyssey''. In this mythological postscript, Odysseus is accidentally killed by [[Telegonus (son of Odysseus)|Telegonus]], his unknown son by the goddess [[Circe]]. After Odysseus's death, Telemachus returns to [[Aeaea]] with Telegonus and Penelope, and there marries Circe.

Seemingly later tradition included the character of [[Cassiphone]]&mdash;the daughter of Odysseus and Circe, and therefore half-sister of Telemachus&mdash;into the narrative. In this account, Telemachus still marries Circe, but Odysseus is resurrected by Circe at some point. Afterward, he weds Telemachus to Cassiphone. When events transpire that result in Telemachus killing Circe after quarrelling with her, Cassiphone kills Telemachus in revenge.<ref>{{cite book |last=Salazar |first=Christine |date=2002–2003 |title=Brill's New Pauly Volume 2 |location=The Netherlands |publisher=Brill Leiden Boston |page=1164 |isbn=9004122656 |url=https://archive.org/details/brillsnewpaulyen0002unse }}</ref>