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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Telamon Sentence Examples

  • EVAGORAS, son of Nicocles, king of Salamis in Cyprus 410374 B.C. He claimed descent from Teucer, half-brother of Ajax, son of Telamon, and his family had long been rulers of Salamis until supplanted by a Phoenician exile.

  • 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.

  • Their relics also were carefully preserved: the house of Cadmus at Thebes, the hut of Orestes at Tegea, the stone on which Telamon had sat at Salamis (in Cyprus).

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