In the Odyssey, he forsees Odysseus' return to Ithaca and the death of Penelope's suitors, but he is not believed when he reveals these visions.
[1] In some accounts, his parents were Thestor and possibly Polymele,[2] and thus, the brother of Leucippe, Theonoe and Calchas.
He fled to Pylos and sought refuge aboard the ship of Telemachus, who had come to inquire about the fate of his father, Odysseus.
There, Theoclymenus interpreted the auspices of the birds, predicting that Telemachus would become head of the royal house of Ithaca.
Later, at dinner, he had a vision of the death of the suitors, but they laughed at his predictions, not knowing they would be killed that night.