Editing Telamon (section)

{{Short description|Greek mythological figure}}
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Telamon''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ɛ|l|ə|m|ə|n}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: [[wikt:Τελαμών|Τελαμών]], ''Telamōn'' means "broad strap") was the son of King [[Aeacus]] of [[Aegina]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Telamon 1.9.16]</ref> and [[Endeïs]], a [[Oread|mountain nymph]]. The elder brother of [[Peleus]], Telamon sailed alongside [[Jason]] as one of his [[Argonauts]],<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Telamon 1.9.16]</ref> and was present at the hunt for the [[Calydonian Boar]]. In the ''[[Iliad]]'', he was the father of Greek heroes [[Ajax the Great]] and [[Teucer]] by different mothers. Some accounts mention a third son of his, [[Trambelus]].<ref>[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], [https://topostext.org/work/550#26 26]  from the ''Thrax'' of [[Euphorion of Chalcis|Euphorion]]; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#467 467]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} He and Peleus were also close friends of [[Heracles]], assisting him on his expeditions against the [[Amazons]] and his assault on Troy (see below).

In an earlier account recorded by [[Pherecydes of Athens]], Telamon and Peleus were not brothers, but friends.<ref name=":0">[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Telamon 3.12.6]</ref> According to this account, Telamon was the son of [[Actaeus (mythology)|Actaeus]] and [[Glauce]], with the latter being the daughter of [[Cychreus]], king of [[Salamis Island|Salamis]];<ref name=":0" /> and Telamon married [[Periboea]] ([[Eriboea (mythology)|Eriboea]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Tzetzes]]|first=John|title=Allegories of the Iliad|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2015|isbn=978-0-674-96785-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=41, Prologue 526|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref>), daughter of King Alcathous of [[Megara]].