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Telamon

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Telamon

In Greek mythology, the brother of Peleus. He became king of Salamis and was the father of Ajax by his second wife, Periboea.

With Peleus, Telamon killed Phocus, their half-brother, and fled from Aegina to Salamis, where he married the daughter of the king. He was one of the Calydonian hunters (see Meleager) and an Argonaut. He also helped Heracles to take Troy.



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(1) When Heracles prayed that a son might be born to Telamon and Eriboea, Zeus sent forth an eagle in token that the prayer would be granted.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
The soul which obtained the twentieth lot chose the life of a lion, and this was the soul of Ajax the son of Telamon, who would not be a man, remembering the injustice which was done him the judgment about the arms.
The Republic by Plato View in context
He was not so great, nor nearly so great, as Ajax the son of Telamon.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
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