Theoclymĕnus
(
Θεοκλύμενος). Son of the soothsayer Polyphides, grandson
of Melampus. When a fugitive from Argos, for a murder which he had committed, he met with
Telemachus in Pylus, who succoured him and brought him to Ithaca. By means of his inherited
gift of prophecy, he here made known to Penelopé the presence of Odysseus in the
island, and warned the suitors of their fate.