Les Aventures de Télémaque
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Les Aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse is a didactic novel by François Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambrai, who in 1689 became tutor to the seven-year-old Duc de Bourgogne. It was published anonymously
The first page of the first book of Les Aventures de Télémaque
Telemachus
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Telemachus is the son of Odysseus and Penelope in Greek mythology, and a central character in Homer's Odyssey. When Telemachus reached manhood, he visited Pylos and Sparta in search of his wandering f
Les Aventures de Télémaque
…anonymously in 1699 and reissued in 1717 by his family. The slender plot fills out a gap in Homer's Odyssey, recounting the educational travels of Telemachus, son of Ulysses, accompanied by his tutor, Mentor, who is revealed early on in the story to be Minerva, goddess of wisdom, in disguise. The tutor Mentor…
Telemachus departing from Nestor, painting by Henry Howard (1769–1847)
Slaughter of the suitors by Odysseus and Telemachus, Campanian red-figure bell-krater, ca. 330 BC, Louvre (CA 7124)
Statue depicting Telemachus