Telamon synonyms

tĕl'ə-mŏn'

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atlantes (related)
(Archit.) Supporting columns for an entablature, carved in the form of standing or kneeling figures of men
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caryatid (related)
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element, used as a support for entablature.
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atlas
A book of maps: Atlas supporting the earth was often pictured on the front page of such books
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  • The western pediment, which is more conservative in type, represents the earlier expedition of Heracles and Telamon against Troy; the eastern, which is bolder and more advanced, probably refers to episodes in the Trojan war.

  • His chief exploits during the war were his defence of the wounded Sarpedon, his fight with Ajax, son of Telamon (his particular enemy), and the storming of the Greek ramparts.

  • By his wife Endeis he was the father of Telamon and Peleus.

  • The thoroughly national character of Heracles is shown by his being the mythical ancestor of the Dorian dynastic tribe, while revered by Ionian Athens, Lelegian Opus and Aeolo-Phoenician Thebes, and closely associated with the Achaean heroes Peleus and Telamon.

  • He then, with Telamon, Peleus and Theseus, took Troy.

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