telegony

However, it is not certain whether this is the actual mechanism of telegony.

There is still no conclusive evidence that telegony exists as a widespread phenomenon.

Thesprotis (perhaps a different version of or another name for Telegony)

Probably each of the two books of the Telegony related one of these episodes.

Recently, scientists have tried to explain the theory of telegony by researches in horizontal gene transfer.

The date of composition of the Telegony is uncertain.

The idea of Telegony goes back to Aristotle.

The Odyssey has a lost sequel, the Telegony, which was not written by Homer.

Thus, the myth of telegony is fundamentally incompatible with our knowledge of genetics and the reproductive process.

Lord Morton's mare, once thought to demonstrate telegony.

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, telegony is now classed as superstition.

Also a search of the literature of cell biology and biochemistry reveals several plausible mechanisms that may form the basis for telegony.

It was in the end of the 20th century in Russia's Orthodox circles that the idea of telegony sprang up again.

Ewart crossed a male zebra with a female pony to show that the theory of telegony inherited from the Greeks was unsound.

According to Proclus' summary, the Telegony opens with the burial of Penelope's suitors.

They conduct seminars in schools and universities popularizing ideas of Levashov and other pseudoscientific theories such as telegony.

Telegony held that a female with a history of mating with multiple males would pass on genetic qualities of all previous partners to her offspring.

Ewart crossed a zebra stallion with pony mares to investigate the theory of telegony, or paternal impression.

The Telegony was a short 2-book epic poem recounting the life and death of Odysseus after the events of the Odyssey.

Both Schopenhauer and Herbert Spencer found telegony to be a credible theory; it was only conclusively proved wrong with modern understanding of genetics.

The Telegony picks up where the Odyssey leaves off, beginning with the burial of the dead suitors, and continues until the death of Odysseus.

The story of the Telegony comes chronologically after that of the Odyssey, and is the final episode in the Epic Cycle.

Eugammon of Cyrene was an early Greek poet to whom the epic Telegony was ascribed.

This concludes the Greek Epic Cycle, though fragments remain of the "alternative ending" of sorts known as the Telegony.

The word Telegony comes from the name of the Odysseus' son - according to the myth "Telegonia" Odysseus killed his son.