- Telamon
In
Greek mythology , Telamon (in Greek, "Τελαμών"), son of the kingAeacus , ofAegina , andEndeis and brother ofPeleus , accompanied Jason as one hisArgonauts , and was present at the hunt for theCalydonian Boar . In the "Iliad " he was the father of Greek heroes Ajax the Great andTeucer the Archer by different mothers. He and Peleus were also close friends withHeracles , assisting him on his expeditions against theAmazons and against Troy (see below).Life
After killing their half-brother,
Phocus , Telamon and Peleus had to leave Aegina. KingCychreus of Salamis welcomed Telamon and befriended him. Telamon married his daughterPeriboea , who gave birth to Ajax. Later, Cychreus gave Telamon his kingdom. In other versions of the myth Cychreus' daughter is namedGlauce , and Periboea is Telamon's second wife, and the daughter ofAlcathous . Telamon also figures in both versions ofHeracles ' sacking ofTroy , which was ruled by KingLaomedon (orTros in the alternate versions). Before the Trojan War,Poseidon sent a sea monster to attack Troy.In the King Tros version,
Heracles (along with Telamon andOicles ) agreed to kill the monster if Tros would give him the horses he received fromZeus as compensation for Zeus' kidnapping Ganymede, Tros' son. Tros agreed; Heracles succeeded and Telamon marriedHesione , Tros' daughter, giving birth toTeucer by her. In the King Laomedon version, Laomedon planned on sacrificing his daughterHesione to Poseidon in the hope of appeasing him. Heracles rescued her at the last minute and killed both the monster and Laomedon and Laomedon's sons, except for Ganymede, who was on Mt. Olympus, and Podarge, who saved his own life by giving Heracles a golden veil Hesione had made. Telamon took Hesione as a war prize and married her, and she gave birth toTeucer by him.The "Telamon"
The "Telamon" (also "Song of Telamon", "Telamon Song", "Telamon-song") is an ancient Greek song (fl. 5th century BC) only found referred to by name in some ancient Greek plays [Especially
Aristophanes , "Lysistrata ", line 1236-1238.] and laterscholia or commentaries. It is usually thought to be a warlike song [E.g. Anton Powell, Stephen Hodkinson, "The Shadow of Sparta", Routledge, 1994, p. 39-40; and most annotated editions of "Lysistrata " (such as Jeffrey Henderson, "Three Plays by Aristophanes", Routledge, 1996, p. 220).] about Telamon's son Ajax, [According toEustathius of Thessalonica (commentaries on "Iliad", Roman Edition, vol. 2, p. 285), the song took this name from its first line, "Son of Telamon".] though some other commentaries thought it to be a mournful song about Telamon himself. [According toErasmus ("Adagia ", 3, 4, 10: "Canere de Telamone"), the "Telamon" would have been a plaintive song about the father mourning his son.] It began with: "Son of Telamon, warlike Ajax! They say you are the bravest of the Grecians who came to Troy, next to Achilles." [English translation of the "Telamon" quoted from "A Select Collection of English Songs", vol. I, 1783, "A Historical Essay on the Origin and Progress of National Song", subpage [http://books.google.com/books?id=6a4iAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR15-IA9&dq=%22Son+of+Telamon,+warlike+Ajax%22&output=html x] ]Other uses
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architecture , a "telamon" (plural "telamones" or "telamons") is a sculpted support orcolumn in the form of a man, the male equivalent of acaryatid . Such a sculptural support is better known as an "atlas" (plural "atlantes").*The
Battle of Telamon , between the forces of theRoman Republic and theGauls , took place in224 BC near theTuscany coast at a place called "Telamon", modern "Talamone".*In
Robert Jordan 's fictional series "The Wheel of Time ",Lews Therin Telamon is one of the primary historical figures.*In
Chris Roberts ' game "", A colony in theTelamon system is the target of a biological weapons attack.*Telamon is also a small volleyball team in
Salamis Island .ources
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Apollodorus . "Bibliotheke " I, viii, 2 and ix 16; II, vi, 4; III, xii,6-7.
*Apollonius Rhodius . "Argonautica " I, 90-94.
*Ovid . "Metamorphoses", VIII, 309.Notes
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