| This Telegony aside, the last 548 lines of the Odyssey, corresponding to Book 24, are believed by many scholars to have been added by a slightly later poet. |
| You may not have had the power to change your ex's worst habits, but if the theory of telegony is true, you can find some satisfaction in taking control of the way their descendants behave. |
| All these beliefs, from inheritance of acquired traits to telegony, must now be classed as superstitions. |
| His experiments so far support the view of Continental mule breeders, that telegony, if it takes place, occurs very seldom. |
| Although his experiments have been devised so as to conduce in every way possible to telegony his results have been negative. |
| As Ritvo 1997 shows, belief in telegony was persistent through the end of the nineteenth century. |
