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{{Short description|Prophet and cyclop in Greek mythology}}
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'''Telemus''' ({{langx|grc|Τήλεμος|Telemos}}) was a figure of [[Greek mythology]], a prophet, son of [[Eurymus (mythology)|Eurymus]] or of [[Proteus]] and [[Psamathe (Nereid)|Psamathe]]. Telemus warned the [[Cyclopes|Cyclops]] [[Polyphemus]] that he would lose his sight to a man named [[Odysseus]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Od.+9.500&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136:book=9:chapter=500&highlight=Telemus 9.509]</ref>

[[File:Telemus.webp|thumb|Telemus as depicted by Pierre Mussard]]

{{Blockquote|text=<poem>'Alas!
Now an ancient prophecy about me
has truly been fulfilled! Telemus,
fine, tall son of Eurymus, a seer
who surpassed all men in prophecy,
reached old age among the Cyclopes
as a soothsayer. He said all these things
would come to pass someday—I'd lose my sight
at the hand of someone called Odysseus.</poem>|sign=[[Homer]]|source=[[Odyssey]], ix, 509; [https://johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/homer/odyssey9html.html translated] by [[Ian C. Johnston]]}}

== Note ==
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== References ==

* [[Homer]], [[Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].

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[[Category:Mythological Greek seers]]
[[Category:Polyphemus]]
[[Category:Odysseus]]
[[Category:Characters in the Odyssey]]


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