Odysseus was a Greek hero. He was the king of Ithaca and devised the strategy of the wooden horse used by the Greeks to conquer Troy. He was killed by his son Telegonus, who was ignorant of his father's identity. Research Odysseus
In Greek mythology, Telegonus was a son of Odysseus by the enchantressCirce. When he grew to manhood his mother sent him out into the world to find his father. Shipwrecked on the coast of Ithaca, began to ravage the country. Odysseus and his son Telemachus went to meet the stranger, and ignorant of his father's identity, Telegonus killed Odysseus. Research Telegonus
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