telamon

[ tel-uh-muh n, -mon ]

/ ˈtɛl ə mən, -ˌmɒn /

noun, plural tel·a·mo·nes [tel-uh-moh-neez] /ˌtɛl əˈmoʊ niz/. Architecture.

Nearby words

tel., tela, tela subcutanea, tela submucosa, telaesthesia, telamon, telamonian ajax, telanaipura, telangana, telangiectasia, telangiectasis

Origin of telamon

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

Definition for telamon (2 of 2)

Telamon

[ tel-uh-muh n, -mon ]

/ ˈtɛl ə mən, -ˌmɒn /

noun Classical Mythology.

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

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Examples from the Web for telamon

Telamon his father will cast him off for being absent in his brother's hour of weakness whom he loved as his own life.
Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb
And 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
Him the son of Telamon, rushing through the crowd, smote in close fight through the brazen-cheeked helmet.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)|Homer
Her husband, Telamon, was now dead, but his son Aʹjax still held her as a prisoner at his court.
The Story of Troy|Michael Clarke

Nine accepted the challenge; but the lot fell upon Ajax, the son of Telamon.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)|Charles Mills Gayley

British Dictionary definitions for telamon (1 of 2)

telamon

/ (ˈtɛləmən) /

noun plural telamones (ˌtɛləˈməʊniːz) or -mons

a column in the form of a male figure, used to support an entablatureAlso called: atlas Compare caryatid

Word Origin for telamon

C18: via Latin from Greek, from tlēnai to bear

British Dictionary definitions for telamon (2 of 2)

Telamon

/ (ˈtɛləmən, -ˌmɒn) /

noun

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

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