How to Use Telemachus in a Sentence

Telemachus

noun
  • Tom Holland plays his son, Telemachus.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Tom Holland plays his son, Telemachus.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Tom Holland plays his son, Telemachus.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Tom Holland plays his son, Telemachus.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Telemachus sets out on a secret journey to discover any news of his father.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Telemachus doesn’t address Odysseus by the intimate word for father.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tom Holland plays his son Telemachus, while Anne Hathaway is Odysseus' wife Penelope.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • Tom Holland plays their son, Telemachus; Lupita Nyong’o plays Helen of Troy.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
  • Tom Holland plays his son Telemachus, while Anne Hathaway is Odysseus' wife Penelope.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
  • Anne Hathaway portrays Penelope, Odysseus’ wife, and Telemachus (Holland) is their son.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • He was confronted and berated by Penelope, to whom Eurymachus then falsely gave his word that Telemachus would not be harmed.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The teaser features Matt Damon’s Odysseus and his son Telemachus, played by Tom Holland.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There are brief glimpses of Anne Hathaway‘s Penelope, Odysseus’ wife, and Tom Holland, who plays their son Telemachus.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
  • There are also brief shots of Holland as Odysseus’ son Telemachus and Hathaway as Penelope, Odysseus’ wife.
    — Abigail Lee, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
  • He's joined by Anne Hathaway as Odysseus' wife, Penelope, and Tom Holland as his son, Telemachus.
    — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
  • His wife, Penelope, is fending off a horde of obnoxious suitors trying to take his throne, while their son, Telemachus, grows up wondering if his father is still alive.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Holland, 30, plays his son Telemachus, while Zendaya, 29, takes on the role of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • As mentioned, the film stars Damon as Odysseus, with Hathaway as his wife, Penelope, and Holland as their son, Telemachus.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Telemachus asks in that trailer, to which Jon Bernthal's character implies many rumors of Odysseus' adventures have surfaced since the war ended.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
  • On receiving news of Telemachus’s safe return, Antinous unsuccessfully attempted to incite the suitors into murdering the young prince in person.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Antinous and Eurymachus, the other prominent suitor, led a conspiracy to kill Telemachus, who had traveled to Pylos and Sparta for news of his father.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Holland portrays Telemachus, son to Matt Damon's Odysseus and Anne Hathaway's Penelope, in the new epic from Christopher Nolan.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • His wife, Penelope, and their son, Telemachus, struggle to maintain order back home, where a handful of suitors compete for Penelope's affection, under the assumption that Odysseus is dead.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025

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