The date of composition of the "Telegony" is uncertain. Telegony re-emerged within post-Soviet Russian Orthodoxy. Probably each of the two books of the "Telegony" related one of these episodes. The idea of telegony goes back to Aristotle. This effect is a form of telegony. The "Telegony", an epic now lost, relates the later history of the last of these. This led to new ideas on telegony, referred to as pangenesis by Charles Darwin. According to Proclus' summary, the "Telegony" opens with the burial of Penelope's suitors. The concept of telegony was revived with the rediscovery of Aristotle in the Middle Ages. Telegony influenced late 19th-century racialist beliefs. The "Telegony" comprises two distinct episodes&colon; Odysseus' voyage to Thesprotia, and the story of Telegonus.