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Telamon was the first one to break through the Trojan wall, which enraged Hercules as he was coveting that glory for himself. Hercules was about to cut him down with his sword when Telamon began to quickly assemble an altar out of nearby stones in honor of Hercules. Hercules was so pleased, after the sack of Troy he gave Telamon Hesione as a wife.
Ajax is the son of Telamon. Telamon was the son of Aeacus and grandson of Zeus, and his first wife Periboea. By Telamon, he is also the elder half-brother of Teucer. Through his uncle Peleus (Telamon's brother), he is the cousin of Achilles. The etymology of his given name is uncertain.
A sword of the Iron Age Cogotas II culture in Spain. According to Polybius, the sword used by the Roman army during the Battle of Telamon in 225 BC, though deemed superior to the cumbersome Gallic swords, was mainly useful to thrust. [8] These thrusting swords used before the adoption of the Gladius were possibly based on the Greek xiphos. [9]
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 ]
The Roman term for such a sculptural support is telamon (plural telamones or telamons). [ 2 ] The term atlantes is the Greek plural of the name Atlas —the Titan who was forced to hold the sky on his shoulders for eternity.
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
He was called the "Ajax the Less", the "lesser" or "Locrian" Ajax, [2] to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War . He is a significant figure in Homer 's Iliad and is also mentioned in the Odyssey , [ 3 ] in Virgil 's Aeneid and in Euripides ' The Trojan Women .
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