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Telamon took Hesione as a war prize and married her, and she gave birth by him to Teucer. When Ajax later committed suicide at Troy, Telamon banished Teucer from Salamis for failing to bring his brother home. Bibliotheca version. In Apollodorus' Library, Telamon was almost killed during the siege of Troy. Telamon was the first one to break ...
In European architectural sculpture, an atlas (also known as an atlant, or atlante [1] or atlantid; plural atlantes) [2] is a support sculpted in the form of a man, which may take the place of a column, a pier or a pilaster. The Roman term for such a sculptural support is telamon (plural telamones or telamons). [2]
1749 Telamon / ˈ t ɛ l ə m ɒ n / is a dark Jupiter Trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 70 kilometers (43 miles) in diameter.It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory on 23 September 1949, [1] and named after Telamon from Greek mythology. [3]
While in Cilicia, Evagoras gathered the support of 50 followers and returned secretly in 410 BC, to gain possession of the throne. Expecting an eventual Persian response to recapture Cyprus, he cultivated the friendship of the Athenians , and after Conon 's defeat at the Battle of Aegospotami he provided him with a refuge.
Telamon was the father of the hero Ajax in Greek mythology. Telamon may also refer to: Latin name of the Italian town of Talamone; An architectural support sculpted in the form of a man, also called an atlas (architecture) The Telamon, an ancient Greek song; 1749 Telamon, a Jupiter Trojan asteroid; Telamon (crater), a crater on Saturn's moon Phoebe
In either case they drew lots and Telamon was chosen to murder Phocus, his half brother. This was done in a ruse at the pentathlon which they convinced Phocus to participate in. In the sport, Telamon threw a discus under the pretense of participating in the competition. The projectile hit its target, "accidentally" killing Phocus.
Hesione was taken home by Telamon, married him, and bore him a son, Teucros, [6] half-brother to Telamon's son from his first marriage, Ajax. Alternatively, she became pregnant with Trambelus while still on board the ship and then escaped; it is also possible, though, that the mother of Trambelus was not Hesione, but a certain Theaneira. [7]
Statue of Teucer by Sir William Hamo Thornycroft. In Greek mythology, Teucer (/ ˈ tj uː s ər /), also Teucrus, Teucros or Teucris (Ancient Greek: Τεῦκτρος, romanized: Teûkros), was the son of King Telamon of Salamis Island and his second wife Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy.