[260] Τηλεμάχοιο: the only child of Odysseus and Penelope. He was an infant when his father embarked for Troy, Od. 11.448. In the Iliad he is mentioned only here and 4.354.
κεκλημένος εἴην: being is included in being called, see on 1.293; thus this prayer includes the ruin of Telemachus.This text is part of:
Homer's Iliad, Books I-III. Thomas D. Seymour. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1891.
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