Telamon
In
In an earlier account recorded by
Mythology
After killing their half-brother,
Trojan War
Telamon also features in both versions of
sent a sea monster to attack Troy.- Tros version
In the King Tros version, Heracles (along with Telamon and Oicles) agreed to kill the monster if Tros would give him the horses he received from Zeus as compensation for Zeus' kidnapping Tros' son, Ganymede. Tros agreed; Heracles succeeded and Telamon married Hesione, Tros' daughter, by whom he sired Teucer.
- Laomedon version
In the King Laomedon version, Laomedon planned on sacrificing his daughter Hesione 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 Mount Olympus, and Podarces, 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 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 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. Hesione requested that she be able to bring her brother Podarces with her. Hercules would not allow it unless Hesione bought Podarces as a slave. Hesione paid for her brother with a veil. Podarces' name was then changed to Priam – which, according to Greek author Apollodorus, was derived from the Greek phrase "to buy".
In architecture
In architecture, telamons are colossal male figures used as columns.
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[7] and later scholia or commentaries. It is usually thought to be a warlike song[8][9] about Telamon's son Ajax,[10] though some other commentaries thought it to be a mournful song about Telamon himself.[11] It began with: "Son of Telamon, warlike Ajax! They say you are the bravest of the Greeks who came to Troy, next to Achilles."[12]
References
- ^ Parthenius. Erotica Pathemata [Love Romances]. 26.
- Tzetzes. On Lycophron. 467.
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca. iii. 12. 6.
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca. iii. 12. 6.
- ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
- ^ Hersey, George (1998). The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. pp. 125, 126.
- ^ Aristophanes. Lysistrata. line 1236–1238.
- ^ Powell, Anton; Hodkinson, Stephen (1994). The Shadow of Sparta. Routledge. pp. 39-40.
- ^ Henderson, Jeffrey (1996). "Lysistrata". Three Plays by Aristophanes. Routledge. p. 220., or other annotated versions of Lysistrata.
- ^ Eustathius of Thessalonica. Παρεκβολαὶ εἰς τὴν Ὁμήρου Ἰλιάδα καὶ Ὀδύσσειαν [Commentaries on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey]. Vol. 2 (Roman ed.). p. 285.. The song took this name from its first line, "Son of Telamon".
- ^ Erasmus. Adagia. 3, 4, 10: "Canere de Telamone".
... the Telamon would have been a plaintive song about the father mourning his son.
- ^ English translation of the Telamon quoted from "A Historical Essay on the Origin and Progress of National Song". A Select Collection of English Songs. Vol. I. 1783. p. x.
Sources
- pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca. I, viii 2; ix 16; II, vi 4; III, xii 6–7.
- .
Greek text available at the same website.
- Apollonius Rhodius. Argonautica. I, 90–94.
- Apollonius Rhodius (1912). "Online version". Argonautica. R.C. Loeb Classical Library. Vol. 1. Translated by Seaton, Robert Cooper. London, UK: William Heinemann – via Topos Text Project (topostext.org).
- Apollonius Rhodius (1912). "Greek text". In Mooney, George W. (ed.). Argonautica. London, UK: Longmans, Green – via Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University.
- Publius Ovidius Naso. Metamorphoses. VIII, 309.
- Publius Ovidius Naso (1922). "Online version". Metamorphoses. Perseus Digital Library. Translated by More, Brookes. Boston, MA: Cornhill Publishing – via Tufts University.
- Publius Ovidius Naso (1892). "Latin text". Metamorphoses. Gotha, Germany: Hugo Magnus / Friedr. Andr. Perthes. – via Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University.
- ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
External links
- Media related to Telamon at Wikimedia Commons