telamon

¹

[ tel-uh-muhn, -mon ]

noun

, Architecture.

, plural tel·a·mo·nes [tel-, uh, -, moh, -neez].

1. atlas ( def 5 ).

Telamon

²

[ tel-uh-muhn, -mon ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. an Argonaut and friend of Hercules, and the father of Ajax and Teucer.

Telamon

¹

/ -ˌmɒn; ˈtɛləmən /

noun

1. Greek myth a king of Salamis; brother of Peleus and father of Teucer and Ajax

telamon

²

/ ˈtɛləmən /

noun

1. a column in the form of a male figure, used to support an entablature Also calledatlas Compare caryatid

Word History and Origins

Origin of telamon¹

1700–10; < Latin telamōn < Greek telamṓn bearer, support; identified with Telamon

Word History and Origins

Origin of telamon¹

C18: via Latin from Greek, from tlēnai to bear

Example Sentences

Down goes the heavy lance; down goes the ponderous shield, suspended by a telamon: "Ohitarge grant cume peises al col!"

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Telamon rushed forward, but stumbled over a projecting root and fell to the ground.

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Less fortunate was Pappenheim, the Telamon of the army, the bravest soldier of Austria and the church.

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Aias, the son of Telamon, is clearly a 'doublet' of the Locrian Aias; and so forth.

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And Telamon and the sons of Tyndarus, and Meleager the son36 of Œneus, said that they would follow him.

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