telamon
Origin of telamon
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Other definitions for Telamon (2 of 2)
an Argonaut and friend of Hercules, and the father of Ajax and Teucer.
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How to use telamon in a sentence
Down goes the heavy lance; down goes the ponderous shield, suspended by a telamon: "Ohitarge grant cume peises al col!"
Homer and His Age | Andrew Langtelamon rushed forward, but stumbled over a projecting root and fell to the ground.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome | Emilie Kip BakerLess fortunate was Pappenheim, the telamon of the army, the bravest soldier of Austria and the church.
The Thirty Years War, Complete | Friedrich SchillerAias, the son of telamon, is clearly a 'doublet' of the Locrian Aias; and so forth.
The Heroic Age | H. Munro ChadwickAnd telamon and the sons of Tyndarus, and Meleager the son36 of Œneus, said that they would follow him.
Stories of the Old world | Alfred John Church
British Dictionary definitions for telamon (1 of 2)
/ (ˈtɛləmən) /
a column in the form of a male figure, used to support an entablature: Also called: atlas Compare caryatid
Origin of telamon
1British Dictionary definitions for Telamon (2 of 2)
/ (ˈtɛləmən, -ˌmɒn) /
Greek myth a king of Salamis; brother of Peleus and father of Teucer and Ajax
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