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telamon
1[ tel-uh-muhn, -mon ]
Telamon
2[ tel-uh-muhn, -mon ]
noun
- an Argonaut and friend of Hercules, and the father of Ajax and Teucer.
Telamon
1/ ˈtɛləmən; -ˌmɒn /
noun
- Greek myth a king of Salamis; brother of Peleus and father of Teucer and Ajax
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Origin of telamon1
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Example Sentences
Down goes the heavy lance; down goes the ponderous shield, suspended by a telamon: "Ohitarge grant cume peises al col!"
Telamon rushed forward, but stumbled over a projecting root and fell to the ground.
Less fortunate was Pappenheim, the Telamon of the army, the bravest soldier of Austria and the church.
Aias, the son of Telamon, is clearly a 'doublet' of the Locrian Aias; and so forth.
And Telamon and the sons of Tyndarus, and Meleager the son36 of Œneus, said that they would follow him.
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