Telegonus
Τηλέγονος
(Τηλέγονος).
1. A son of Proteus and brother of Polygonus, was killed, together with his brother, by Heracles, whom they had challenged to a contest in wrestling. (Apollod. 2.5.9; comp. POLYGONUS.)
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